 People of all classes, including the king, asked questions of oracles, and, especially in the late New Kingdom their answers could be used to settle legal disputes or inform royal decisions.The most common means of consulting an oracle was to pose a question to the divine image while it was being carried in a festival procession, and interpret an answer from the barque's movements.Other methods included interpreting the behavior of cult animals, drawing lots, or consulting statues through which a priest apparently spoke.