Give a perfect lot, or declare (for giving is oft put for declaring or pronouncing, as Deuteronomy 11:29, Deuteronomy 13:1,2 Pr 9:9) the perfect or guiltless person; i.e. O Lord, so guide the lot, that it may discover who is guilty in this matter, and that it may clear the innocent. The people escaped, to wit, the danger; they were pronounced guiltless.
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1 Samuel 14:41
41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Givek a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.