casting lots

³³Lots are cast into the lap, but they are tempered by the Lord.

²⁶And they cast lots concerning them, and the lot fell upon Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.

¹⁸Casting a lot suppresses contentions and passes judgment, even among the powerful.

³⁵Then, after they had crucified him, they divided his garments, casting lots, in order to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying: “They divided my garments among them, and over my vestment they cast lots.”

¹⁹They divided my garments among them, and over my vestment, they cast lots.

⁷And a man said to his shipmate, “Come, and let us cast lots, so that we may know why this disaster is upon us.” And they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

⁸And casting lots over them both, one is to be offered to the Lord, and the other is to be the emissary goat.

²⁴And while crucifying him, they divided his garments, casting lots over them, to see who would take what.

⁷In the first month, which is called Nisan, in the twelfth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, the lot was cast into an urn, which in Hebrew is called Pur, in the presence of Haman, to determine on what day and in which month the Jewish people should be destroyed. And it turned out to be the twelfth month, which is called Adar.

⁸And casting lots over them both, one is to be offered to the Lord, and the other is to be the emissary goat. ⁹The one whose lot fell out to be offered to the Lord, he shall offer for sin. ¹⁰But the one who is to be the emissary goat shall stand before the Lord, so that he may pour the prayers upon him, and may send him away into the wilderness.

¹⁰And he cast lots before the Lord, at Shiloh, and he divided the land to the sons of Israel, in seven parts.

⁹according to the custom of the priesthood, the lot fell so that he would offer incense, entering into the temple of the Lord.

⁵⁵Yet only in so far as the land is divided by lot to a tribe and to families.

²⁴Then they said to one another, “Let us not cut it, but instead let us cast lots over it, to see whose it will be.” This was so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, saying: “They have distributed my garments among themselves, and for my vesture they have cast lots.” And indeed, the soldiers did these things.

³⁴Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them. For they know not what they do.” And truly, dividing his garments, they cast lots.

⁴²And Saul said, “Cast lots between myself and Jonathan, my son.” And Jonathan was caught.

³⁴Then we cast lots concerning the oblation of the wood among the priests, and the Levites, and the people, so that it would be carried into the house of our God, by the households of our fathers, at set times, from the times of one year to another, so that they might burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, just as it was written in the law of Moses,

⁵Then he divided among them, in both families, by lot. For there were leaders of the sanctuary and leaders of God, as much from the sons of Eleazar as from the sons of Ithamar.