Chapter 4

           AndtheLORDsaiduntoGideon,Thepeoplethatarewiththeearetoomany...Nowthereforegoto,proclaimintheearsofthepeople,saying,Whosoeverisfearfulandafraid,lethimreturn...Andtherereturnedofthepeopletwentyandtwothousand;andthereremainedtenthousand.AndtheLORDsaiduntoGideon,Thepeopleareyettoomany;bringthemdownuntothewater,andIwilltrythemfortheethere...sohebroughtdownthepeopleuntothewater:andtheLORDsaiduntoGideon,Everyonethatlappethofthewaterwithhistongue,asadoglappeth,himshaltthousetbyhimself;likewiseeveryonethatbowethdownuponhiskneestodrink.Andthenumberofthemthatdrank,puttingtheirhandtotheirmouth,werethreehundredmen...

           AndtheLORDsaiduntoGideon,Bythethreehundred...willIsaveyou...letalltheotherpeoplego...

           JudgesVII:2-7

           Twoweeksafterwegottheretheytookourcotsawayfromus.Thatistosaythatwehadthedubiouspleasureoffoldingthem,carryingthemfourmiles,andstowingtheminawarehouse.Bythenitdidn’tmatter;thegroundseemedmuchwarmerandquitesoft—especiallywhenthealertsoundedinthemiddleofthenightandwehadtoscrambleoutandplaysoldier.Whichitdidaboutthreetimesaweek.ButIcouldgetbacktosleepafteroneofthosemockexercisesatonce;Ihadlearnedtosleepanyplace,anytime—sittingup,standingup,evenmarchinginranks.