6. The number of men who lapped was three hundred, and all the rest of the people bent down on their knees to drink water, with their hands to their mouths.
7. Then the Lord said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men who lapped I will rescue you and hand over the Midianites to you. Let everyone else go home."
8. So the people gathered their supplies and trumpets, and Gideon sent all the Israelites home, but kept the three hundred.Now Midian’s camp was below Gideon in the valley.
9. That night the Lord said to him, "Get up and attack the camp, because I’ve handed it over to you.