{"id":15681,"date":"2019-11-04T06:28:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T14:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=15681"},"modified":"2019-11-04T06:28:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T14:28:39","slug":"are-you-a-lot-thankful-for-your-lot-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2019\/11\/04\/are-you-a-lot-thankful-for-your-lot-in-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you a lot thankful for your lot in life?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 16:5\u20136,<\/strong> <strong><em>Lot\u2026lines.<\/em><\/strong>The English word <em>lot<\/em> means \u201ca portion that is assigned to someone\u201d and may refer to the idea of randomly drawing lots as part of a decision making process. Likely, our English word <em>lot<\/em> as in <em>a piece of land<\/em>, or a <em>land lot<\/em>, derives from these concepts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/th-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15683\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In ancient Israel, the tribal land allotments were determined by the casting of lots once the children of Israel came into the Promised Land (Josh 13:6; 14:2). Part of this ancient process of surveying land involved measuring parcels of land with a cord (<em>Manners and Customs of Bible Lands,<\/em> pp. 245\u2013246, by Fred H. Wight; also Ps 78:55; Amos 7:17). When lots were cast for land allotments, pebbles were placed in a bag with marks on each stone to represent each parcel of property. Pebbles were drawn, and each man received <em>his lot<\/em>. Each individual soon discovered whether his portion of land was desirable or not.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David used the analogy of lots as an illustration of Elohim\u2019s goodness to him when he makes the praise declaration in verse 6 that \u201cthe lines have fallen to me in pleasant places\u201d (ibid.). 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Likely, our English word lot as in a piece &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2019\/11\/04\/are-you-a-lot-thankful-for-your-lot-in-life\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[2605],"class_list":["post-15681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scripture","tag-lots"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Are you a lot thankful for your lot in life? | Hoshana Rabbah Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2019\/11\/04\/are-you-a-lot-thankful-for-your-lot-in-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Are you a lot thankful for your lot in life? | Hoshana Rabbah Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Psalm 16:5\u20136, Lot\u2026lines.The English word lot means \u201ca portion that is assigned to someone\u201d and may refer to the idea of randomly drawing lots as part of a decision making process. 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