²⁶ They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

⁸ Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats; one lot for Yahweh, and the other lot for the scapegoat.

¹⁰ Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh: and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.

⁴¹ Therefore Saul said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, Show the right. Jonathan and Saul were taken [by lot]; but the people escaped.

⁴² Saul said, Cast [lots] between me and Jonathan my son. Jonathan was taken.

⁵ Thus were they divided impartially by drawing lots; for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

²² Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, But the punishment of fools is their folly.

⁷ They all said to each other, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is on us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

¹⁴ But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them, "You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

¹⁹ When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred fifty years.