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Lot in the Bible

Given first choice of land, Lot picks the well-watered plain and ends up inside Sodom. Angels drag him out the night the city falls; his wife looks back, and his daughters' desperate scheme produces Moab and Ammon, nations Israel meets again and again.

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Verses mentioning Lot

143 occurrences across 124 verses in the King James Version.

The King James text also uses "lot" for casting lots, so some verses below are unrelated.

  1. Joshua 18:11

    And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

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  2. Joshua 19:1

    And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

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  3. Joshua 19:10

    And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:

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  4. Joshua 19:17

    And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.

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  5. Joshua 19:24

    And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.

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  6. Joshua 19:32

    The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.

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  7. Joshua 19:40

    And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

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  8. Joshua 19:51

    These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

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  9. Joshua 21:4

    And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

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  10. Joshua 21:5

    And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

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  11. Joshua 21:6

    And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

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  12. Joshua 21:8

    And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

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  13. Joshua 21:10

    Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

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  14. Joshua 21:20

    And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

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  15. Joshua 21:40

    So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

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  16. Joshua 23:4

    Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward. westward: Heb. at the sunset

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  17. Judges 1:3

    And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

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  18. Judges 20:9

    But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;

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  19. 1 Samuel 14:41

    Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. Give: or, Shew the innocent escaped: Heb. went forth

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  20. 1 Samuel 14:42

    And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.

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  21. 1 Chronicles 6:54

    Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.

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  22. 1 Chronicles 6:61

    And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

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  23. 1 Chronicles 6:63

    Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

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  24. 1 Chronicles 6:65

    And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.

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  25. 1 Chronicles 16:18

    Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; the lot: Heb. the cord

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