<Li> According to Numbers 26: 55, Moses allocated territory to the tribes of Israel according to each tribe's male population and by lot . </Li> <Li> In Joshua 7: 14, a guilty party (Achan) is probably found by lot and executed . </Li> <Li> In the Book of Joshua 18: 6, Joshua says, "Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God ." The hebrews took this action in order to know God's will as to the dividing of land between the seven tribes of Israel who had not yet "received their inheritance". (Joshua 18: 2). </Li> <Li> In the First Book of Samuel 14: 42, lots are used to determine that it was Jonathan, Saul's son, who broke the oath that Saul made, "Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies ." (1 Samuel 14: 24). </Li>

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