³⁶ Gideon said to God, “If you will save^(A) Israel by my hand as you have promised—

³⁷ look, I will place a wool fleece^(A) on the threshing floor.^(B) If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know^(C) that you will save Israel by my hand, as you said.”