Jdg_7:6 And the number of them that lapped, [putting] their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
Ver. 6. Were three hundred men.] Methe mispar, a poor few. Many are called, but few are chosen.
“ Rari quippe boni, numero vix sunt totidem quot
Thebarum portae, vel divitis ostia Nili. ” - Juvenal. {a}