Judges 8:7-9

Complete Jewish Bible

⁷ Gid‘on said: “If that’s your answer, then after Adonai has put Zevach and Tzalmuna in my hands, I will tear your flesh apart with desert thorns and thistles!”

⁸ From there he went up to P’nu’el and made the same request, and the people of P’nu’el gave the same answer as those of Sukkot. ⁹ So he answered the people of P’nu’el similarly, “When I return safe and sound, I will break down this tower!”