Gideon said to God, If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,
With the physical properties of fleece lying overnight exposed on a bare rock, the differentials of condensation and evaporation are entirely understandable.  Fishermen living on one of the streamless and springless desert islands have obtained sufficient water for their livelihood by spreading out fleece in the evening and wringing dew from them in the morning (S. Tolkowsky, Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society., 3,1923, pp. 197-199).  The true miracle is the REVERSE of the process, and that is what young Gideon required.[23]