And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil [is] upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Et ils se dirent l'un à l'autre: Venez, et tirons au sort, pour savoir qui nous attire ce malheur. Ils tirèrent au sort, et le sort tomba sur Jonas.
KJV
And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil [is] upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
4:58, sqq.): Jonas, when fleeing from the face of the Lord, was discovered and thrown into the sea ( Jonah 1:7, sqq.): Zacharias was chosen by lot to offer incense ( Lk. 1:9 ): and the apostles by drawing lots elected Matthias to the apostleship ( Acts 1:26 ). Therefore it would…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
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