Lot, the

General scriptures concerning

• Proverbs 16:33

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

• Proverbs 18:18

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

• Isaiah 34:17

  And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

• 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.

The scapegoat chosen by

• 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.

The land of Canaan divided among tribes by

• Numbers 26:55

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

• 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.

• Joshua 19:51

  These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

• 1 Chronicles 6:61

  And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

• 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.

• Ezekiel 45:1

  Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.

• Ezekiel 47:22

  And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

• Ezekiel 48:29

  This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD.

• Micah 2:5

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

• Acts 13:19

  And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.

Joshua 15, Joshua 21

Saul chosen king by

• 1 Samuel 10:20

  And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

• 1 Samuel 10:21

  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.

Priests and Levites designated by, for sanctuary service

• 1 Chronicles 24:5–31

  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. And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar. Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, …

• 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.

• 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:

• 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.

Used after the captivity

• 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.

An apostle chosen by

• Acts 1:26

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

Achan's guilt ascertained by

• 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: …

Jonathan's

• 1 Samuel 14:41

  Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.

• 1 Samuel 14:42

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

Jonah's

• 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.

Used to fix the time for the execution of condemned persons

• 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.

• 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;

The garments of Jesus divided by

• Psalms 22:18

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

• 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.

• Mark 15:24

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

• John 19:23

  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.

• 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.