6. The number of those who lapped with their hands to their mouths was 300 men, and all the rest of the people knelt to drink water.
7. The Lord said to Gideon, “I will deliver you with the 300 men who lapped and hand the Midianites over to you. But everyone else is to go home.”
8. So Gideon sent all the Israelites to their tents but kept the 300, who took the people’s provisions and their trumpets. The camp of Midian was below him in the valley.
9. That night the Lord said to him, “Get up and go into the camp, for I have given it into your hand.
10. But if you are afraid to go to the camp, go with Purah your servant.