Casting lots

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• Proverbs 16:33

  The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.

• Acts 1:26

  And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

• Proverbs 18:18

  The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

• Matthew 27:35

  And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.

• Psalms 22:18

  They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

• Jonah 1:7

  And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

• Leviticus 16:8

  And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.

• Mark 15:24

  And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.

• Esther 3:7

  In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

• Leviticus 16:8–10

  And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD'S lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.

• Joshua 18:10

  And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

• Luke 1:9

  According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.

• Numbers 26:55

  Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

• John 19:24

  They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

• Luke 23:34

  Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

• 1 Samuel 14:42

  And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.

• Nehemiah 10:34

  And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:

• 1 Chronicles 24:5

  Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

• John 19:23–24

  Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

• Joel 3:3

  And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

• 1 Chronicles 26:13

  And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.

• Joshua 18:6

  Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

• Nehemiah 11:1

  And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.

• 1 Chronicles 25:8

  And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

• Numbers 34:13

  And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

• 1 Chronicles 24:31

  These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.

• Numbers 33:54

  And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.

• 1 Chronicles 26:13–14

  And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

• Acts 1:21–26

  Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. …

• 1 Samuel 14:41–42

  Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.

• Joshua 14:2

  By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.

• 1 Samuel 10:20–21

  And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.

• Micah 2:5

  Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.

• 1 Chronicles 6:65

  And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.

• Revelation 1:1

  The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

• 1 Peter 5:7

  Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

• Esther 9:24

  Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

• Joshua 7:14

  In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.

• Joshua 7:14–18

  In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man. And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel. So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: …

• Judges 20:9

  But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;