Judges 6:32–40

³²So because Gideon broke down Baal’s altar, they gave him the name Jerub-Baal^fd that day, saying, “Let Baal contend with him.”

³³Now all the Midianites, Amalekites^e and other eastern peoples^f joined forces and crossed over the Jordan and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.^{g 34}Then the Spirit of the Lord came on^h Gideon, and he blew a trumpet,ⁱ summoning the Abiezrites^j to follow him. ³⁵He sent messengers throughout Manasseh, calling them to arms, and also into Asher,^k Zebulun and Naphtali,^l so that they too went up to meet them.^m

³⁶Gideon said to God, “If you will saveⁿ Israel by my hand as you have promised—³⁷look, I will place a wool fleece^o on the threshing floor.^p If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know^q that you will save Israel by my hand, as you said.” ³⁸And that is what happened. Gideon rose early the next day; he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.

³⁹Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me. Let me make just one more request.^r Allow me one more test with the fleece, but this time make the fleece dry and let the ground be covered with dew.” ⁴⁰That night God did so. Only the fleece was dry; all the ground was covered with dew.^s