Judges 7:7-9

International Standard Version

⁷ Then the Lord told Gideon, “I’m going to deliver you with the 300 soldiers who lapped by giving the Midianites into your control. Send everyone else back to their own homes.”^[a]

⁸ So the soldiers took provisions with them, along with their trumpets, and Gideon^[b] sent all the rest of the soldiers of Israel back to their own tents, but he retained the 300 men. And the Midian encampment was below him in the valley.

Gideon Sneaks Down to the Midianite Encampment

⁹ Later that same night, the Lord directed Gideon,^[c] “Get up and go down to the Midianite^[d] encampment, because I’ve given it into your control.