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17 lines
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# Each man said to his neighbor
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"The sailors all said to each other"
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# Come, let us cast lots, so that we may know who is the cause of this evil that is happening to us
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"We should cast lots to know who has caused this trouble." The men believed that the gods would control how the lots fell in order to tell them what they wanted to know. This was a form of divination.
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# this evil
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This refers to the terrible storm.
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# the lot fell to Jonah
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"the lot showed that Jonah was the guilty person"
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