Gideon

What the Bible says

Judges 6:11-12

¹¹And an angel of the Lord came, and sat under an oak, that was in Ephra, and belonged to Joas the father of the family of Ezri. And when Gedeon his son was threshing and cleansing wheat by the winepress, to flee from Madian, ¹²The angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said: The Lord is with thee, O most valiant of men.

Judges 6:36-40

³⁶And Gedeon said to God: If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said, ³⁷I will put this fleece of wool on the floor: if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry on all the ground beside, I, shall know that by my hand, as thou hast said, thou wilt deliver Israel. ³⁸And it was so. And rising before day wringing the fleece, he filled a vessel with the dew. ³⁹And he said again to God: let not thy wrath be kindled against me if I try once more, seeking a sign in the fleece. I pray that the fleece only may be dry, and all the ground wet with dew. ⁴⁰And God did that night as he had requested: and it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

Judges 7:7, 22; Judges 8:22-23

⁷And the Lord said to Gedeon: By the three hundred men, that lapped water, I will save you, and deliver Madian into thy hand: but let all the rest of the people return to their place. ²²And the three hundred men nevertheless persisted sounding the trumpets. And the Lord sent the sword into all the camp, and they killed one another,

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.