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And Aaron shall cast lots over the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for Azazel.
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And you shall describe the land in seven divisions and bring the description here to me. And I will cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.
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So the men arose and went, and Joshua charged those who went to write the description of the land, saying, “Go up and down in the land and write a description and return to me. And I will cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh.”
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and Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord. And there Joshua apportioned the land to the people of Israel, to each his portion.
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These also, the head of each father's house and his younger brother alike, cast lots, just as their brothers the sons of Aaron, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites.
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And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.
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And they cast lots by fathers' houses, small and great alike, for their gates.
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The lot for the east fell to Shelemiah. They cast lots also for his son Zechariah, a shrewd counselor, and his lot came out for the north.
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We, the priests, the Levites, and the people, have likewise cast lots for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the Law.
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The Leaders in Jerusalem
Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem. And the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem the holy city, while nine out of ten remained in the other towns.
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In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, they cast lots) before Haman day after day; and they cast it month after month till the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.
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For Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur (that is, cast lots), to crush and to destroy them.
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You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.
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they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.
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and have cast lots for my people, and have traded a boy for a prostitute, and have sold a girl for wine and have drunk it.
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On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them.
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Jonah Is Thrown into the Sea
And they said to one another, “Come, let us 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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Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity; her infants were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; for her honored men lots were cast, and all her great men were bound in chains.
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And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots.
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And they crucified him and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take.
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And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.
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so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” This was to fulfill the Scripture which says, “They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.” So the soldiers did these things,
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And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.