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The casting of lots is an ancient custom for deciding a question at issue. The method used was to cast pebbles or small bits or tablets of wood or of stone into the gathered folds of a garment, "the lap," or into a vase, and then to shake them. The one whose lot fell out or was drawn out was the one chosen. The lot, like the oath, implied a prayer with it. Prayer was either expressed or implied, and Jehovah's intervention was sought and anticipated. Lot (Heb., goh·ral′) is used literally and figuratively with the thought of "share" or "portion."-Jos 15:1; Ps 16:5; 125:3; Isa 57:6; Jer 13:25.

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