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Lexicon :: Strong's H1486 - gôrāl

Aa
גּוֹרָל
Transliteration
gôrāl
Pronunciation
go-rawl'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be rough (as stone)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 381a

Strong’s Definitions

גּוֹרָל gôwrâl, go-rawl'; or (shortened) גֹּרָל gôrâl; from an unused root meaning to be rough (as stone); properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot):—lot.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 77x

The KJV translates Strong's H1486 in the following manner: lot (77x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 77x
The KJV translates Strong's H1486 in the following manner: lot (77x).

  1. lot

    1. lot - pebbles used for systematically making decisions

  2. portion

    1. lot, portion (thing assigned by casting lots)

    2. recompense, retribution

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גּוֹרָל gôwrâl, go-rawl'; or (shortened) גֹּרָל gôrâl; from an unused root meaning to be rough (as stone); properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot):—lot.
STRONGS H1486: Abbreviations
גּוֺרָל 77 noun masculineLeviticus 16:8 & († Joshua 21:10, but see below) feminine lot: (Late Hebrew id. & denominative Hiph. הִגְרִיל cast lots) — absolute ג׳ Joshua 16:1 + 51 times; construct גּוֺרַל Joshua 18:11 + 2 times, גֹּרַל Numbers 36:3; suffix גּוֺרָלִי Psalm 16:5, גֹּרָלִי Judges 1:3, גּוֺרָֽלְךָ Proverbs 1:14, גֹּרָֽלְךָ Daniel 12:13, גּוֺרָלֶ֑ךָ Judges 1:3, גּוֺרָלֵךְ Jeremiah 13:25; Isaiah 57:6, גּוֺרָלוֺ 1 Chronicles 26:14, גּוֺרָלָם Joshua 18:11 + 2 times; plural גּוֺרָלוֺת Jonah 1:7 + 8 times, גֹּרָלוֺת Leviticus 16:8; — a lot cast for the decision of questions Proverbs 18:18, designation of persons, etc., for service or punishment, assignment of property, etc.; probably stones put into the bosom-fold of a garment, Proverbs 16:33 (בַּחֵיק יוּטַל אֶת־הַגּ׳), or into a vessel, and shaken until one springs out (עָלָה, יָצָא or — late — נָפַל); this was regarded originally as divine decision (compare on Urim & Thummim above); for the agent, the usual verbs are הִשְׁלִיךְ, יָרָה, נָתַן, and הִמִּיל. Particularly: —
1. lot for dividing land, especially that which Joshua cast at Shiloh לִפְנֵי י׳ Joshua 18:6 (יָרָה) Joshua 18:8; Joshua 18:10 (both הִשְׁלִיךְ; all three followed by לְ of person for whom; all J E); compare Joshua 19:51 (P); so of lot coming up, or forth, עָלָה Joshua 18:11 (construct; P), also followed by לְ person Joshua 19:10 (P), & following with יָצָא Joshua 16:11 (JE), Numbers 33:54; Joshua 19:1, 17, 24, 32, 40; Joshua 21:4 (all P); be divided by lot יֵחָלֵק בְּג׳ Numbers 26:55, or according to lot תֵּחָלֵק הַגּ׳ עַל־פִּי Numbers 26:56; apportion by lot הִתְנַחֲלוּ בְּג׳ Numbers 33:54; Numbers 34:13, נִחַל בְּג׳ Joshua 19:51; give by lot נָתַן בְּג׳ Numbers 36:2 נָתַן בַּגּ׳ Joshua 21:8 (all P) 1 Chronicles 6:50; have by lot בַּגּ׳ הָיָה ל׳ Joshua 21:4, & (היה omitted) Joshua 21:5; Joshua 21:6 (all P) compare 1 Chronicles 6:46; 1 Chronicles 6:48; also Joshua 21:10 (P; רִאישֹׁנָה הַגּ׳, only here feminine; Greek Version of the LXX — not LXX of Lucian (Lag.) — omits ראישׁנה, & so) || 1 Chronicles 6:39; compare further Isaiah 34:17 (לְ הִפִּיל).
2. lot for assigning to service, duty or punishment,
a. concerning the goats on day of atonement, Leviticus 16:8 (נָתַן עַל) Leviticus 16:8; Leviticus 16:8 (followed by לְ); compare Leviticus 16:9; Leviticus 16:10 (עָלָה עַל; all P).
b. assigning priests to their courses, singers, musicians & porters to their duties, by lot חָלַק בְּג׳ 1 Chronicles 24:5; ג׳ הִפִּיל 1 Chronicles 24:31; 1 Chronicles 25:8; 1 Chronicles 26:13 (followed by לְ of position) 1 Chronicles 26:14; of lot coming forth (יָצָא לְ person) 1 Chronicles 24:7 (compare 1 Chronicles 24:7; 1 Chronicles 24:18) 1 Chronicles 25:9 (compare 1 Chronicles 25:9-31) 1 Chronicles 26:14 compare וַיֵּצֵא גּוֺרָלוֺ 1 Chronicles 26:14.
c. cast lots for dwelling in Jerusalem (ג׳ הִפִּיל) Nehemiah 1:11 (followed by infinitive).
d. for supplying wood for altar-fire Nehemiah 10:35 (עַל עָלֶיהָ); here belongs probably also
e. Judges 20:9 עָלֶיהָ בְּג׳, reference to Judges 20:10 (determining who shall go up, and who supply provision) Greek Version of the LXX ἀναβησόμεθα ἐπ’ αὐτὴν ἐν κλήρῳ, so Stu (insert perhaps נעלה), compare AV RV, BuRS 151 (who reads בְּג׳ נַפִּילָה); > Syriac Version Be Ke who reference ג׳ here to division of land of captured city.
f. to determine guilty persons Jonah 1:7 (twice in verse) (both הִפִּיל) Jonah 1:17 (נָפַל עַל); so apparently Ezekiel 24:6 of inhabitants of Jerusalem under figure of flesh in pot לֹא־נָפַל עָלֶיהָ ג׳ no lot is fallen over it, i.e. no discrimination is made, destruction is to include the whole city; (compare also Joshua 7:14ff.; 1 Samuel 14:41ff. where divine agency in detection is prominent but word גּוֺרָל not used).
g. in allotting slaves Joel 4:3 [Joel 3:3] אֶל־עַמִּי יַדּוּ גּ׳; Nahum 3:10 (יַדּוּ עַל); so Obadiah 11 וְעַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַם יַדּוּ ג׳ — all with verb ידד which see.
h. in distributing plundered garments Psalm 22:19 (על הִפִּיל).
i. to determine favourable day for a scheme, הִפִּיל Esther 3:7 (לִפְנֵי הָמָן) Esther 9:24 (followed by infinitive; see also H6332 פּוּר ).
3. thing assigned, apportioned, allotted especially of land assigned by lot, allotment Joshua 15:1; Joshua 17:1; Joshua 21:38 (all P), Joshua 17:14, 17 = portion, share (|| נַחֲלָה J E); compare גֹּרַל נַחֲלָתֵנוּ Numbers 36:3 (P), גּוֺרַל נַחֲלָתָם Joshua 14:2 (P; but perhaps read absolute גּוֺרָל compare Di); also גְּבוּל גּוֺרָלָם Joshua 18:11 (P) the boundary of their allotment; עָרֵי גוֺרָלָם Joshua 21:20 (P); see further Judges 1:3 (twice in verse); so probably Micah 2:5 הִשְׁלִיךְ חֶבֶל בְּג׳ (Hi Che; compare also Ew); Psalm 125:3, land, exposed to oppressive exaction; also figurative of י׳ as portion, allotment of his people Psalm 16:5 (so Che, & on תָּמִיד for תּוֺמִיךְ compare his critical note; see also Ew; otherwise De and others; — || מְנָת חֶלְקִי); on the other hand, of idols Isaiah 57:6 (|| חֵלֶק); also עָמַד לְג׳ Daniel 12:13, of allotted portion, share, in the Messianic consummation; more generally, one's portion, lot, fortune בְּתוֺכֵנוּ תַּפִּיל גּוֺרָֽלְךָ Proverbs 1:14 cast thy fortune into the midst of us, in with us (|| כִּיס אֶחָד יִהְיֶה לְכֻלָּנוּ).
4. portion = recompence, retribution Isaiah 17:14 (|| חֵלֶק), Jeremiah 13:25 (|| מְנָת מִדַּיִךְ), both implying divine agency.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

16:8; 16:8; 16:8; 16:8; 16:8; 16:9; 16:10

Numbers

26:55; 26:56; 33:54; 33:54; 34:13; 36:2; 36:3; 36:3

Joshua

7:14; 14:2; 15:1; 16:1; 17:1; 17:14; 17:17; 18:6; 18:8; 18:10; 18:11; 18:11; 18:11; 18:11; 19:1; 19:10; 19:17; 19:24; 19:32; 19:40; 19:51; 19:51; 21:4; 21:4; 21:5; 21:6; 21:8; 21:10; 21:10; 21:20; 21:38

Judges

1:3; 1:3; 1:3; 20:9; 20:10

1 Samuel

14:41

1 Chronicles

6:39; 6:46; 6:48; 6:50; 24:5; 24:7; 24:7; 24:18; 24:31; 25:8; 25:9; 25:9; 25:10; 25:11; 25:12; 25:13; 25:14; 25:15; 25:16; 25:17; 25:18; 25:19; 25:20; 25:21; 25:22; 25:23; 25:24; 25:25; 25:26; 25:27; 25:28; 25:29; 25:30; 25:31; 26:13; 26:14; 26:14; 26:14; 26:14

Nehemiah

1:11; 10:35

Esther

3:7; 9:24

Psalms

16:5; 16:5; 22:19; 125:3

Proverbs

1:14; 1:14; 16:33; 18:18

Isaiah

17:14; 34:17; 57:6; 57:6

Jeremiah

13:25; 13:25

Ezekiel

24:6

Daniel

12:13; 12:13

Joel

3:3

Obadiah

1:11

Jonah

1:7; 1:7; 1:17

Micah

2:5

Nahum

3:10

H1486

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Strong's Number H1486 matches the Hebrew גּוֹרָל (gôrāl),
which occurs 77 times in 67 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:8 - And Aaron will make selection from the two goats by the decision of the Lord, one goat for the Lord and one for Azazel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:9 - And the goat which is marked out for the Lord, let Aaron give for a sin-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:10 - But the goat for Azazel is to be placed living before the Lord, for the taking away of sin, that it may be sent away for Azazel into the waste land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:55 - But let the distribution of the land be made by the decision of the Lord: by the names of the tribes of their fathers let their heritage be given them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:56

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:56 - As it is ordered by the decision of the Lord, let distribution be made between those who are more in number and those who are less.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:54 - And you will take up your heritage in the land by the decision of the Lord, to every family its part; the greater the family the greater its heritage, and the smaller the family the smaller will be its heritage; wherever the decision of the Lord gives to any man his part, that will be his; distribution will be made to you by your fathers' tribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:13 - And Moses gave orders to the children of Israel saying, This is the land which is to be your heritage, by the decision of the Lord, which by the Lord's order is to be given to the nine tribes and the half-tribe:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:2 - And said, The Lord gave orders to my lord to make distribution of the land as their heritage to the children of Israel: and my lord was ordered by the Lord to give the heritage of Zelophehad, our brother, to his daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:3 - Now if they get married to any of the sons of other tribes of the children of Israel, then their property will be taken away from the heritage of our fathers, and become part of the heritage of the tribe into which they get married: and their heritage will be taken away from the heritage of our tribe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:2 - Their heritage by the Lord's decision, as he gave orders by Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1 - Now the part of the land marked out for the children of Judah by families, went up to the edge of Edom, as far as the waste land of Zin to the south, to the farthest point of it on the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:1 - And the limit of the land marked out for the children of Joseph went out from Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, in the waste land, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:1 - And this was the part marked out for the tribe of Manasseh, because he was the oldest son of Joseph. As for Machir, the oldest son of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war he had Gilead and Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:14 - Then the children of Joseph said to Joshua, Why have you given me only one part and one stretch of land for my heritage? For through the blessing given to me by the Lord up to now, I am a great people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:17 - Then Joshua said to the children of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, You are a great people, and have great power: you are not to have one property only,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:6 - And you are to have the land marked out in seven parts, and come back to me with the record; and I will make the distribution for you here by the decision of the Lord our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:8 - So the men got up and went; and Joshua gave orders to those who went, to make a record of the land, saying, Go up and down through the land, and make a record of it and come back here to me, and I will make the distribution for you here by the decision of the Lord in Shiloh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:10 - And Joshua made the distribution for them in Shiloh by the decision of the Lord, marking out the land for the children of Israel by their divisions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:11 - And the first heritage came out for the tribe of Benjamin by their families: and the limit of their heritage went between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:1 - And the second heritage came out for the tribe of Simeon by their families; and their heritage was in the middle of the heritage of the children of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:10 - And the third heritage came out for Zebulun by their families; the limit of their heritage was as far as Sarid;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:17 - For Issachar the fourth heritage came out, for the children of Issachar by their families;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:24 - And the fifth heritage came out for the tribe of Asher by their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:32 - For the children of Naphtali the sixth heritage came out, for the children of Naphtali by their families;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:40 - For the tribe of Dan by their families the seventh heritage came out;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51 - These are the heritages which Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel gave out at Shiloh, by the decision of the Lord, at the door of the Tent of meeting. So the distribution of the land was complete.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4 - And the heritage came out for the families of the Kohathites: the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5 - The rest of the children of Kohath by their families were given ten towns from the tribes of Ephraim and Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6 - The children of Gershon by their families were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar and Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh which was in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:8 - All these towns with their grass-lands the children of Israel gave by the decision of the Lord to the Levites, as the Lord had given orders by Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:10 - These were for the children of Aaron among the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi: for they came first in the distribution.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:20 - The rest of the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40 - All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:3 - Then Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my heritage, so that we may make war against the Canaanites; and I will then go with you into your heritage. So Simeon went with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:9 - But this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by the decision of the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:54 - Now these are their living-places, the limits inside which they were to put up their tents: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, because they had the first selection,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:61 - And to the rest of the sons of Kohath there were given by the Lord's decision ten towns out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and out of the tribe of Dan and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:63 - And to the sons of Merari, by their families, twelve towns were given by the Lord's decision, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:65

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:65 - And they gave by the Lord's decision 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 towns whose names are given.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:5 - So they were put into groups, by the Lord's decision, one with another; for there were rulers of the holy place and rulers of the house of God among the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:7 - Now the first name to come out was that of Jehoiarib; the second Jedaiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31 - Selection was made of these in the same way as of their brothers the sons of Aaron, David the king being present, with Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of families of the priests and of the Levites; the families of the chief in the same way as those of his younger brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:8 - And selection was made of them for their special work, all having equal chances, small as well as great, the teacher as the learner.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:9 - Now of the group of Asaph, the first name to come out was Joseph; the second Gedaliah; he and his brothers and sons were twelve?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:13 - And the families were taken by the decision of the Lord for every door; the small family had the same chance as the great.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:14 - And the care of the door on the east came out for Shelemiah. Then the name of Zechariah his son, a man wise in discussion, came out, and the door on the north was given to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:34 - And we, the priests and the Levites and the people, made selection, by the decision of the Lord, of those who were to take the wood offering into the house of God, by families at the regular times, year by year, to be burned on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is recorded in the law;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:1 - And the rulers of the people were living in Jerusalem: the rest of the people made selection, by the decision of chance, of one out of every ten to be living in Jerusalem, the holy town; the other nine to go to the other towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7 - In the first month, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, from day to day and from month to month they went on looking for a sign given by Pur (that is chance) before Haman, till the sign came out for the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:24 - Because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of all the Jews, had made designs for their destruction, attempting to get a decision by Pur (that is, chance) with a view to putting an end to them and cutting them off;

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