So Gideon said to God, “If You will save Israel by my hand as You have said -- look, I shall put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all ...

Aug. 7—Given an unusual amount of space in the Bible, the sixth through the eighth chapters of the Book of Judges, Gideon's story is one of initial skepticism and eventually powerful faith ...

In the first test, Gideon put a wool fleece on the ground and asked God to miraculously cause dew to only collect on the garment but not on the floor. The next morning, he found what he had requested.

Gideon then asked God to give him a physical sign of reassurance saying, “If you will save Israel by my hand as you have promised -- look, I will place a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If ...

As part of the test, Gideon put out a piece of wool overnight and asked God to make it wet while keeping the surrounding dirt dry. God did as Gideon asked and apparently, what Norton had asked.