Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod: and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
God revealed His purpose in reducing Israel’s army clearly. He wanted everyone to recognize that the victory was His work rather than Israel’s (Judges 7:2).