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Then all the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the ^(F1)people of the east assembled together; and they crossed over and camped in ^(C1)the Valley of Jezreel.

So ^(C1)the Spirit of the LORD ^(F1)covered Gideon like clothing; and he ^(C2)blew a trumpet, and the Abiezrites were called together to follow him.

And he sent messengers throughout Manasseh, and they also were called together to follow him; and he sent messengers to Asher, ^(C1)Zebulun, and Naphtali, and ^(C2)they came up to meet them.

Then Gideon said to God, "^(C1)If You are going to save Israel ^(F1)through me, as You have spoken,

behold, I am putting 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 save Israel ^(F1)through me, as You have spoken."

And it was so. When he got up early the next morning and wrung out the fleece, he wrung the dew from the fleece, a bowl full of water.

Then Gideon said to God, "^(C1)Do not let Your anger burn against me, so that I may speak only one more time; please let me put You to the test only one more time with the fleece: let it now be dry only on the fleece, and let there be dew on all the ground."

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