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18. The lot. When both sides accept the decision of the Lord as revealed in the lot, further conflict between powerful litigants is prevented and their immediate quarrels are settled. On the use of the lot see on Joshua 7:14; Prov. 16:33. Paul’s counsel suggests that the use of the lot in settling such matters is not the normal method; instead, God gives wisdom to members of the church to judge the disputes of their brethren (1 Cor. 6:1-8).