¹⁷ Gideon replied, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, give me a sign^(A) that it is really you talking to me.

³⁷ look, I will place a wool fleece^(A) on the threshing floor.^(B) If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know^(C) that you will save Israel by my hand, as you said.”

³⁹ Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me. Let me make just one more request.^(A) Allow me one more test with the fleece, but this time make the fleece dry and let the ground be covered with dew.”