Judges 6:33-40

Living Bible

³³ Soon afterward the armies of Midian, Amalek, and other neighboring nations united in one vast alliance against Israel. They crossed the Jordan and camped in the valley of Jezreel. ³⁴ Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet as a call to arms, and the men of Abiezer came to him. ³⁵ He also sent messengers throughout Manasseh, Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, summoning their fighting forces, and all of them responded.

³⁶ Then Gideon said to God, “If you are really going to use me to save Israel as you promised, ³⁷ prove it to me in this way: I’ll put some wool on the threshing floor tonight, and if, in the morning, the fleece is wet and the ground is dry, I will know you are going to help me!”

³⁸ And it happened just that way! When he got up the next morning, he pressed the fleece together and wrung out a whole bowlful of water!

³⁹ Then Gideon said to the Lord, “Please don’t be angry with me, but let me make one more test: this time let the fleece remain dry while the ground around it is wet!”

⁴⁰ So the Lord did as he asked; that night the fleece stayed dry, but the ground was covered with dew!