Yahweh said to Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down to the water, and I will try them for you there: and it shall be, that of whom I tell you, This shall go with you, the same shall go with you; and of whoever I tell you, This shall not go with you, the same shall not go.
[Looking now over the ten thousand] the LORD said to Gideon, The people are still too many Gideon ( Judges 7:4 );