- Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
- And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
- Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
- And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
- So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
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- 耶路巴力、就是基甸、他和一切跟隨的人、早晨起來、在哈律泉旁安營.米甸營在他們北邊的平原、靠近摩利岡。
- 耶和華對基甸說、跟隨你的人過多、我不能將米甸人交在他們手中、免得以色列人向我誇大、說、是我們自己的手救了我們。
- 現在你要向這些人宣告說、凡懼怕膽怯的、可以離開基列山回去.於是有二萬二千人回去.只剩下一萬。
- 耶和華對基甸說、人還是過多.你要帶他們下到水旁、我好在那裡為你試試他們.我指點誰說、這人可以同你去、他就可以同你去.我指點誰說、這人不可同你去、他就不可同你去。
- 基甸就帶他們下到水旁.耶和華對基甸說、凡用舌頭餂水、像狗餂的、要使他單站在一處.凡跪下喝水的、也要使他單站在一處。
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