<p class="poetry">He asked for water,p> <p class="poetry">and she gave him milk;p> <p class="poetry">in a bowl fit for a king,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">she served him curds.p>

So he brought the men<n id="1" /> down to the water. Then the <sc>Lordsc> said to Gideon, &#8220;Separate those who lap the water as a dog laps from those who kneel to drink.&#8221;<n id="2" />

He said to her, &#8220;Give me a little water to drink, because I&#8217;m thirsty.&#8221; She opened a goatskin container of milk and gave him some milk to drink. Then she covered him up again.

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, when you departed<n id="1" /> from Seir,p> <p class="poetry">when you marched from Edom&#8217;s plains,p> <p class="poetry">the earth shook, the heavens poured down,p> <p class="poetry">the clouds poured down rain.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Kings came, they fought;p> <p class="poetry">the kings of Canaan fought,p> <p class="poetry">at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but<n id="2" /> they took no silver as plunder.p>

The <sc>Lordsc> did as he asked.<n id="1" /> When he got up the next morning, he squeezed the fleece, and enough dew dripped from it to fill a bowl.<n id="2" />

Three hundred men lapped;<n id="1" /> the rest of the men<n id="2" /> kneeled to drink water.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Gideon sent messengers throughout the Ephraimite hill country who announced, &#8220;Go down and head off the Midianites.<n id="1" /> Take control of the fords of the streams<n id="2" /> all the way to Beth Barah and the Jordan River.&#8221;<n id="3" /> When all the Ephraimites had assembled,<n id="4" /> they took control of the fords<n id="5" /> all the way to Beth Barah and the Jordan River.

She answered, &#8220;Please give me a special present.<n id="1" /> Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water.&#8221; So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.<n id="2" />p>

So God split open the basin<n id="1" /> at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength<n id="2" /> was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring<n id="3" /> En Hakkore.<n id="4" /> It remains in Lehi to this very day.

The <sc>Lordsc> spoke to Gideon again, &#8220;There are still too many men.<n id="1" /> Bring them down to the water and I will thin the ranks some more.<n id="2" /> When I say, &#8216;This one should go with you,&#8217; pick him to go;<n id="3" /> when I say,<n id="4" /> &#8216;This one should not go with you,&#8217; do not take him.&#8221;<n id="5" />