came out. i.e. out of the bag containing the Urim and Thummim. See note on Exodus 28:30. Num 28:55.
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Joshua 21:4
4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.