Acts 1:26

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Acts 1:24–26 · Berean Standard Bible

24 And they prayed, “Lord, You know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two You have chosen

25 to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”

26 Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.

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

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1 Samuel 14:42

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