Casting or drawing of, a usual way of settling questions
Possibly marked pebbles were used, in a bag or box. Canaan was allotted to the tribes of Israel (Num. 26:55; Josh. 15; 19). Scapegoat so chosen (Lev. 16:8); priest’s courses (1 Chron. 24; 25), property divided (Matt. 27:35).