“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.”
The casting of lots to discover who is responsible for the calamity indicates the use of divination to determine the guilty party. The lot falling on Jonah indicates that the divine judgment identifies the culprit. This verse demonstrates God's working through human means to expose Jonah.
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