Sentence examples for casting lots from inspiring English sources

"Effectively, you are casting lots of aspersions about lots of people without any evidence".

Islam forbids gambling, but the Bible mentions casting lots or using fortune to determine an outcome.

Perhaps they have found an inexplicable object among the pebbles and are casting lots for it.

The massacre had been plotted by the king's chief minister, Haman, and the date decided by casting lots (purim).

With the King's consent, set a date for the execution (the 13th day of the month of Adar) by casting lots and built a gallows for Mordecai.

However, in ancient times casting lots was not considered to be gambling in the modern sense but instead was connected with inevitable destiny, or fate.

When this ran out, they cast lots.

Other figures might include the soldiers who cast lots for Christ's garments and St. Mary Magdalene.

The soldiers divided his garments and cast lots for his seamless robe.

Hector and Ulysses measured the ground, and cast lots from a helmet of bronze to see which should take aim first.

So it seemed like a great opportunity to cast lots of women, and people of various races, in strong, interesting roles.