Judges 7:5

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

So he brought the troops down to the water; and the Lord said to Gideon, “All those who lap the water with their tongues, as a dog laps, you shall put to one side; all those who kneel down to drink, putting their hands to their mouths, you shall put to the other side.”

Cross References

1 Kings 17:13

Elijah said to her, “Do not be afraid; go and do as you have said; but first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterwards make something for yourself and your son.

Psalm 110:7

He will drink from the stream by the path; therefore he will lift up his head.

Judges 7:4

Then the Lord said to Gideon, “The troops are still too many; take them down to the water and I will sift them out for you there. When I say, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go with you; and when I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”

Judges 7:6

The number of those that lapped was three hundred; but all the rest of the troops knelt down to drink water.