Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

And let

Matthew 27:35
Then they crucified him, distributed his clothes among them by drawing lots,
Acts 1:23
So they brought forward two men, Joseph called Bar-Sabbas (surnamed Justus) and Matthias;
Acts 13:19
and after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan he gave them their land as an inheritance for about four hundred and fifty years.

And the

1 Corinthians 4:5
So do not criticize at all; the hour of reckoning has still to come, when the Lord will come to bring dark secrets to the light and to reveal life's inner aims and motives. Then each of us will get his meed of praise from God.