Gideon selects men by the river, 1579 print After a first selection, there are still too many men and God Gideon recommends taking the other men to the river. Three hundred men lick the water with their tongue and the others kneel to drink. God told Gideon that with the help of the three hundred man who licked the water, Israel would free Israel. Under the performance a caption in Latin. Print is part of an album. paper engraving those who lap water by putting their hand to their mouth are separated from those who kneel down to drink the water ~ selection of Gideon's men