Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue. —Josephus (Antt. v. 6, § 4) says that Gideon led them down …

So he brought them down to the water ] His whole army of 10,000 men:

and the Lord said to Gideon, ever…

God provides that the praise of victory may be entirely His, by appointing only three hundred men to be employed. Activity and prudence accompany d…