And they drewlotsfor them, and the lotfellto Matthias;and he was addedto the elevenapostles.
"Aaronshall castlotsfor the twogoats,onelotfor the LORDand the otherlotfor the scapegoat.
And Joshuacastlotsfor them in Shilohbeforethe LORD,and thereJoshuadividedthe landto the sonsof Israelaccording to their divisions.
Eachmansaidto his mate,"Come,let us castlotsso we may learnon whoseaccountthiscalamity[has struck] us." So they castlotsand the lotfellon Jonah.
Thus they were dividedby lot,the oneas the other;for they were officersof the sanctuaryand officersof God,both from the descendantsof Eleazarand the descendantsof Ithamar.
But Peter,taking his standwith the eleven,raisedhis voiceand declaredto them: "Menof Judeaand allyou who livein Jerusalem,let thisbe knownto you and give heedto my words.
Understandingis a fountainof lifeto one whohasit, But the disciplineof foolsis folly.
"When He had destroyedsevennationsin the landof Canaan,He distributedtheir landas an inheritance--[all of which took] aboutfour hundredand fiftyyears.
by the lotof their inheritance,as the LORDcommandedthroughMoses,for the ninetribesand the half-tribe.
Likewise we castlotsfor the supplyof wood[among] the priests,the Levitesand the peopleso that they might bringit to the houseof our God,according to our fathers'households,at fixedtimesannually,to burnon the altarof the LORDour God,as it is writtenin the law;
Now the leadersof the peoplelivedin Jerusalem,but the restof the peoplecastlotsto bringoneout of tento livein Jerusalem,the holycity,while nine-tenths[remained] in the [other] cities.
The lotis castinto the lap,But its everydecisionis from the LORD.
The apostlesgathered togetherwith Jesus;and they reportedto Him allthat they had doneand taught.
Sothey put forwardtwo men,JosephcalledBarsabbas(whowas also calledJustus),and Matthias.
And the wallof the cityhadtwelvefoundation stones,and on them [were] the twelvenamesof the twelveapostlesof the Lamb.
