34. But the Spirit of the Lord entered Gideon, who, sounding the trumpet, summoned the house of Abiezer so that he might follow him.
35. And he sent messengers into all of Manasseh, who also followed him, and other messengers into Asher, and Zebulun, and Naphtali, who went to meet him.
36. And Gideon said to God: "If you will save Israel by my hand, just as you have said:
37. I will set this wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there will be dew only on the fleece, and all the ground is dry, I will know that by my hand, as you have said, you will free Israel."
38. And so it was done. And rising in the night, wringing out the fleece, he filled a vessel with the dew.
39. And again he said to God: "Let not your fury be enkindled against me, if I test once more, seeking a sign in the fleece. I pray that only the fleece may be dry, and all the ground may be wet with dew."
40. And that night, God did as he had requested. And it was dry only on the fleece, and there was dew on all the ground.