In the Hebrew Bible, the Urim and Thummim (האורים והתומים, Standard haʾUrim vəhaTummim Tiberian hāʾÛrîm wəhatTummîm) are associated with the hoshen (High Priest`s breastplate), divination in general, and cleromancy in particular. Most scholars suspect that the phrase refers to specific objects involved in the divination. ==Na....
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[Latter Day Saints] In the Latter Day Saint movement, the Urim and Thummim (m and m) (also called Interpreters) usually refers to a set of seer stones bound by silver bows into a set of spectacles, that movement founder Joseph Smith said he found buried in the hill Cumorah with the golden plates. ==History== In 1823, Smith said that an ange...
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(from the article `religious dress`) ...was worn over the other priestly garments. Most important was the breastplate (oshen), which was square in outline and probably served as a pouch ...
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Two mysterious objects in the breastplate of the high priests of the ancient Hebrews, which were used for divination. They are mentioned in the Bible but it is not known what they were. ...
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Urim and Thummim were sacred objects which the ancient Hebrews employed as oracles or media for learning the will of God. They were probably two small stones, representing 'yes' and 'no', one of which was shaken out of some receptacle. In more difficult cases, as in 1 Sam 14, an agreement was previously made as to the meaning to be attached to the ...
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noun lots thrown to determine God`s answers to yes-no questions
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objects, possibly made of metal or precious stones and inscribed with symbols, worn in the breastplate of the high priest and used, perhaps like lots, to determine God's response to a question answerable by “yes” or “no.” Ex. 28:30.
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