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a sheepskin
This is the skin of a sheep that has all of the wool on it. Wool is a very thick and curly hair that would hold a lot of water.
the ground be wet but the sheepskin dry
Gideon did not yet trust God enough to believe the first sign. So he asked God to do the opposite thing—make the ground wet instead of the skin, and the skin dry instead of the ground. He wanted to be sure that the first sign did not happen by itself.