8. Then Gideon gave these orders, “You three hundred men stay here. The rest of you may go home, but leave your food and trumpets with us.”Gideon's army camp was on top of a hill overlooking the Midianite camp in the valley.
9. That night, the Lord said to Gideon. “Get up! Attack the Midianite camp. I am going to let you defeat them,
10. but if you're still afraid, you and your servant Purah should sneak down to their camp.