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Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the sons of the east assembled themselves; and they crossed over and camped in ^(y)the valley of Jezreel.

So ^(z)the Spirit of the Lord ^[u]came upon Gideon; and he ^(aa)blew a trumpet, and the Abiezrites were called together to follow him.

He sent messengers throughout Manasseh, and they also were called together to follow him; and he sent messengers to Asher, ^(ab)Zebulun, and Naphtali, and ^(ac)they came up to meet them.

Then Gideon said to God, "^(ad)If You will deliver Israel ^[v]through me, as You have spoken,

behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I will know that You will deliver Israel ^[w]through me, as You have spoken."

And it was so. When he arose early the next morning and squeezed the fleece, he drained the dew from the fleece, a bowl full of water.

Then Gideon said to God, "^(ae)Do not let Your anger burn against me that I may speak once more; please let me make a test once more with the fleece, let it now be dry only on the fleece, and let there be dew on all the ground."

God did so that night; for it was dry only on the fleece, and dew was on all the ground.