How Random Processes Are Used in the Bible

In the ancient world, it was assumed that non human spirits were guiding the selection. This kind of practice is known sometimes as sortilage or claromancy. In eastern orthodoxy, they do continue to use lots to determine who will serve in certain church offices. That's how the coptic pope is selected. And this wasn't just an old testament practice. At the beginning of the book of acts, peter and the apostles used lots to determinewho will be judas's replace ment.