Proverbs 16:33 Cross References

Proverbs 16:33

33: We may throw the dice, but the LORD determines how they fall.

There at Shiloh, Joshua cast sacred lots in the presence of the LORD to determine which tribe should have each section.

Then Saul prayed, "O LORD, God of Israel, please show us who is guilty and who is innocent. Are Jonathan and I guilty, or is the sin among the others?" And Jonathan and Saul were chosen as the guilty ones, and the people were declared innocent.
Then Saul said, "Now choose between me and Jonathan." And Jonathan was shown to be the guilty one.

Now the leaders of the people were living in Jerusalem, the holy city, at this time. A tenth of the people from the other towns of Judah and Benjamin were chosen by sacred lots to live there, too, while the rest stayed where they were.

Then the crew cast lots to see which of them had offended the gods and caused the terrible storm. When they did this, Jonah lost the toss.

Then they cast lots, and in this way Matthias was chosen and became an apostle with the other eleven.

The scouts will map the land into seven sections, excluding Judah's territory in the south and Joseph's territory in the north.

Make sure you assign the land by lot, and define the inheritance of each ancestral tribe by means of the census listings.
Each inheritance must be assigned by lot among the larger and smaller tribal groups."
This is the census record for the Levites who were counted according to their clans: The Gershonite clan, named after its ancestor Gershon. The Kohathite clan, named after its ancestor Kohath. The Merarite clan, named after its ancestor Merari.
The Libnites, the Hebronites, the Mahlites, the Mushites, and the Korahites were all subclans of the Levites. Now Kohath was the ancestor of Amram,
and Amram's wife was named Jochebed. She also was a descendant of Levi, born among the Levites in the land of Egypt. Amram and Jochebed became the parents of Aaron, Moses, and their sister, Miriam.

In the morning you must present yourselves by tribes, and the LORD will point out the tribe to which the guilty man belongs. That tribe must come forward with its clans, and the LORD will point out the guilty clan. That clan will then come forward, and the LORD will point out the guilty family. Finally, each member of the guilty family must come one by one.

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