Judges 7:5 meaning and explanation

So Gideon brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”

Judges 7:5, Berean Standard Bible

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Gideon has already sent home twenty-two thousand fearful men, and the LORD has said ten thousand are still too many. Now God tests the remaining troops at the spring of Harod, and the test is simply how each man drinks.

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