Bible Verses about โcasting lotsโ
The Bible contains 19 verses about casting lots across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
โThe lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from Yahweh.โ
โJesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.โ
โThe lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.โ
โThey all said to each other, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know who is responsible for this evil that is on us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.โ
โThey divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.โ
โThey drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.โ
โaccording to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.โ
โSaul said, "Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son." Jonathan was selected.โ
โAaron shall cast lots for the two goats; one lot for Yahweh, and the other lot for the scapegoat.โ
โJoshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh. There Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.โ
โWhen they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots,โ
โCrucifying him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots on them, what each should take.โ
โThen they said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it will be," that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, "They parted my garments among them. For my cloak they cast lots." Therefore the soldiers did these things.โ
โAaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for Yahweh, and offer him for a sin offering.โ
โBut the goat, on which the lot fell for the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before Yahweh, to make atonement for him, to send him away for the scapegoat into the wilderness.โ
โNotwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.โ
โThus 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.โ
โWe cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, 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 Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law;โ
โIn the first month, which 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, and chose the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.โ
