Judges 7:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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 afterward 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 who lapped was three hundred, but all the rest of the troops knelt down to drink water.