Gideon and the Three Hundred: Lesson Six

God trims the army again until only three hundred remain.

The LORD said the people were still too many. He would test them at the water.

Judges 7:4 (KJV): 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.

He told Gideon to set apart the ones who lapped the water and the ones who bowed down to drink.

Judges 7:5 (KJV): 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.

Only three hundred men lapped with their hand to their mouth. All the rest bowed down on their knees.

Judges 7:6 (KJV): And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.

God said He would save Israel by those three hundred. Everyone else went home.

Judges 7:7 (KJV): And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.

Scripture References

Judges 7:4
Judges 7:5
Judges 7:6
Judges 7:7