⁵ So he brought the people down to the water. And Yahweh said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps the water with his tongue as a dog laps, you shall set him aside by himself, and so also everyone who kneels to drink.” ⁶ Now the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was 300 men; but all the rest of the people kneeled to drink water. ⁷ And Yahweh said to Gideon, “I will save you ^(A)with the 300 men who lapped and will give the Midianites into your hands; so let all the other people go, each man to his place.”