19 The Hebrew text adds, “with their hands to their mouths,” This makes no sense in light of v. 5, which distinguishes between dog-like lappers (who would not use their hands to drink) and those who kneel (who would use their hands). It seems likely that the words “with their hands to their mouths” have been misplaced from v. 6. They fit better at the end of v. 5 or v. 6. Perhaps these words were originally a marginal scribal note which was later accidentally inserted into the text in the wrong place.
20 Heb “the people.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the number of those who lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was 300 men, but all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Three hundred of them drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The number of those who lapped with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men, and all the rest of the troops knelt to drink water.

NLTNew Living Translation

Only 300 of the men drank from their hands. All the others got down on their knees and drank with their mouths in the stream.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The number of those lapping up the water with their hand to their mouth was three hundred men; all the rest of the troops kneeled to drink the water.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.

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