33 (A)The lot is cast into the lap,
    but its every decision is (B)from the Lord.

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26 And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

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Jonah Is Thrown into the Sea

And they said to one another, “Come, let us (A)cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

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18 (A)The lot puts an end to quarrels
    and decides between powerful contenders.

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The Leaders in Jerusalem

11 Now the leaders of the people (A)lived in Jerusalem. And the rest of the people (B)cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem (C)the holy city, while nine out of ten[a] remained in the other towns.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 11:1 Hebrew nine hands

41 Therefore Saul said, “O Lord God of Israel, why have you not answered your servant this day? If this guilt is in me or in Jonathan my son, O Lord, God of Israel, give Urim. But if this guilt is in your people Israel, give Thummim.”[a] (A)And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped. 42 Then Saul said, (B)“Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan.” And Jonathan was taken.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 14:41 Vulgate and Septuagint; Hebrew Therefore Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel, “Give Thummim.”

10 and Joshua (A)cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord. And there Joshua apportioned the land to the people of Israel, (B)to each his portion.

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26 Many (A)seek the face of a ruler,
    but it is from the Lord that a man (B)gets justice.

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They shall divide it into seven portions. (A)Judah shall continue in his territory on the south, (B)and the house of Joseph shall continue in their territory on the north.

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14 In the morning therefore you shall be brought near (A)by your tribes. And the tribe that the Lord takes by lot shall come near by clans. And the clan that the Lord takes shall come near by households. And the household that the Lord takes shall come near man by man.

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55 But the land shall be (A)divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 Their inheritance shall be divided according to lot between the larger and the smaller.”

57 (B)This was the list of the Levites according to their clans: of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites; of Merari, the clan of the Merarites. 58 These are the clans of Levi: the clan of the Libnites, the clan of the Hebronites, the clan of the Mahlites, the clan of the Mushites, the clan of the Korahites. And Kohath was the father of Amram. 59 The name of Amram's wife was (C)Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister. 60 (D)And to Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 (E)But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord. 62 And those listed were (F)23,000, every male from a month old and upward. For (G)they were not listed among the people of Israel, because (H)there was no inheritance given to them among the people of Israel.

63 These were those listed by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who listed the people of Israel (I)in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. 64 (J)But among these there was not one of those listed by Moses and Aaron the priest, who had listed the people of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the Lord had said of them, (K)“They shall die in the wilderness.” Not one of them was left, (L)except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

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