⁶ When you have written a description of the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots^(A) for you here in the presence of the Lord our God.^(B)

⁸ As the men prepared to go, Joshua commanded them^[a] to write down a description of the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, write a description of it, and return to me. I will then cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the Lord.”

¹⁰ Joshua cast lots for them at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.

³¹ They also cast lots the same way as their relatives the descendants of Aaron did in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger brothers alike.^(A)

⁸ They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.^(A)

¹³ They cast lots for each temple gate according to their ancestral families, young and old alike.^(A)

¹⁴ The lot for the east gate fell to Shelemiah.^[a] They also cast lots for his son Zechariah, an insightful counselor, and his lot came out for the north gate.

³⁴ We have cast lots^(A) among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our ancestral families^[a] at the appointed times each year. They are to bring the wood to our God’s house to burn on the altar of the Lord our God,^(B) as it is written in the law.

Resettling Jerusalem

11 Now the leaders of the people stayed in Jerusalem,^(A) and the rest of the people cast lots^(B) for one out of ten to come and live in Jerusalem, the holy city,^(C) while the other nine-tenths remained in their towns.^(D)

²⁶ Then they cast lots^(A) for them, and the lot fell to Matthias and he was added to the eleven apostles.