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In Judges 7:5
So he took the troops down to the water. Then the Lord said to Gideon, “Set apart all those who lap up the water with their tongues like dogs from all those who get down on their knees to drink.”
we see that there are two different groups of people who get on knees and drink and another group who get into the water and drink with their hands.
My question is why was it is significant for G-d to separate from those who drunk water on their knees?
Why did he choose 300?
Dr. Vinny Hudson
The initial premise regarding the two groups in Judges 7:5-6 presents a critical misreading of the biblical narrative, as the text differentiates between those who ‘lap up the water with their tongues like dogs’ and those who ‘get down on their knees to drink,’ not a distinction based on hand use. Contrary to the implied understanding, God specifically selected the 300 who lapped, setting them apart from the larger group who knelt, a point frequently emphasized in