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OET (OET-LV) and_he/it_said YHWH to Gidˊōn still the_troops [is]_numerous bring_down DOM_them to the_waters and_test_them to/for_yourself(m) there and_it_was [the_one]_whom I_will_say to_you this_[one] he_will_go with_you he he_will_go with_you and_all/each/any/every [one]_whom I_will_say to_you this_[one] not he_will_go with_you he not he_will_go.
OET (OET-RV) “That’s still too many,” Yahweh told Gideon. “Bring them down to the spring and I’ll short-list them there. Whoever I tell you to go with you, can do so, but anyone that I say won’t go with you, won’t go.”
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וְאֶצְרְפֶ֥נּוּ לְךָ֖ שָׁ֑ם
and,test,them to/for=yourself(m) there
The pronoun it refers back to the people earlier in the verse. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “and I will refine the people for you”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְאֶצְרְפֶ֥נּוּ לְךָ֖
and,test,them to/for=yourself(m)
Yahweh is speaking as if he were literally going to refine Gideon’s troops, as if they were a precious metal such as silver or gold and he was going to melt them with heat to remove their impurities. He means that he is going to enable Gideon to identify the best soldiers and keep only them in his army. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and I will enable you to identify the best soldiers”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
וְהָיָ֡ה אֲשֶׁר֩ אֹמַ֨ר אֵלֶ֜יךָ זֶ֣ה ׀ יֵלֵ֣ךְ אִתָּ֗ךְ ה֚וּא יֵלֵ֣ךְ אִתָּ֔ךְ וְכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁר־אֹמַ֜ר אֵלֶ֗יךָ זֶ֚ה לֹא־יֵלֵ֣ךְ עִמָּ֔ךְ ה֖וּא לֹ֥א יֵלֵֽךְ
and=it_was which/who say to,you this go with,you he/it go with,you and=all/each/any/every which/who say to,you this not go with,you he/it not go
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “And when I tell you that a certain kind of soldier is to go with you, then you must bring that kind of soldier with you, but you must not bring any other kind of soldier with you that I say is not to go with you”
7:4-8 The choice of those who lapped from their hands over those who knelt was apparently arbitrary, but it enabled the Lord to reduce the size of the army.
OET (OET-LV) and_he/it_said YHWH to Gidˊōn still the_troops [is]_numerous bring_down DOM_them to the_waters and_test_them to/for_yourself(m) there and_it_was [the_one]_whom I_will_say to_you this_[one] he_will_go with_you he he_will_go with_you and_all/each/any/every [one]_whom I_will_say to_you this_[one] not he_will_go with_you he not he_will_go.
OET (OET-RV) “That’s still too many,” Yahweh told Gideon. “Bring them down to the spring and I’ll short-list them there. Whoever I tell you to go with you, can do so, but anyone that I say won’t go with you, won’t go.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.