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	JewishEncyclopedia.com - URIM AND THUMMIM.
		The Urim and Thummim are implied, also, whereever in the earlier history of Israel mention is made of asking counsel of the Lord by means of the ephod (Josh.
		8, the Urim and Thummim rested within the breastplate, that is, on the breast of the high priest; in the Babylonian account the Tablets of Destiny rested on the breast of their possessor.
		Tradition is unanimous in stating that the use of the Urim and Thummim ceased with the destruction of the First Temple, or, in other words, with the death of the Older Prophets; and they were among the five things lacking in the Second Temple (Soṭah ix.
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	Urim and Thummim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to the Hebrew Bible, stones used for "an" Urim and Thummim were kept in the breastplate of Aaron, the brother of Moses.
		The last agreed-upon reference to Urim and Thummim in the Bible is in Ezra and Nehemiah when, as the Temple and its worship practices are being restored, those who cannot prove their lineage as priests are commanded to wait for a priest with Urim and Thummim to identify them.
		Latter-day Saints profess that utilization of a Urim and Thummim is the "special prerogative of a seer", although not all seers use a Urim and Thummim.
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	Urim and Thummim - Crystalinks
		Urim and Thummim, generally translated as "lights and perfections" or "revelation and truth" were a scrying medium or divination process used by ancient Hebrews (usually Israelites) in revealing the will of God on a contested point of view or other problem.
		According to the Hebrew Bible, stones used for "an" Urim and Thummim were kept in the breastplate of Aaron, the brother of Moses.
		The last agreed-upon reference to Urim and Thummim in the Bible is in Ezra and Nehemiah when, as the Temple and its worship practices are being restored, those who cannot prove their lineage as priests are commanded to wait for a priest with Urim and Thummim to identify them.
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	Urim and Thummim
		The Rabbis understood the Urim and Thummim to be part of the Breastplate of the High Priest and that its oracular function came from light shining through the twelve gemstones mounted on the breastplate.
		The answers given by the Urim and Thummim recorded in the Bible were full sentences, suggesting either that the device was merely an aid to oracular prophecy, or that the Rabbis were correct in their claim that it spelled out messages from the letters on the breastplate.
		Mention of the Urim and Thummim ceases early in the history of Israel, indicating that it was no longer in use at the rise of classical prophecy (8th Century BCE).
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	Urim and Thummim
		In view of these derivations it is surmised by some scholars that the sacred lot may have had a twofold purpose in trial ordeals, viz.
		Be that as it may, the relatively few mentions of Urim and Thummim in the Old Testament leave the precise nature and use of the lot a matter more or less plausible conjecture, nor is much light derived from the ancient versions in which the term is subject to uncertain and divergent renderings.
		Desiring to ascertain the cause of the Divine displeasure, Saul calls together the people in order that the culprit may be revealed and thus addresses the Lord: "O Lord God of Israel, give a sign, by which we may know, what the meaning is, that thou answerest not thy servant today.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/u/urim_and_thummim.html (837 words)

	URIM AND THUMMIM - LoveToKnow Article on URIM AND THUMMIM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		From this illuminating passage it is clear (a) that by means of the Urim and Thummim the guilt or innocence of the suspected parties was determined; (6) that this was effected by a series of categorical questions implying the simple alternative of " yes " or " no," or something positive or negative.
		Thus the association of the Urim and Thummim with the ephod, which appears in the oldest narratives, is retained in the Priestly Code (P).
		Perhaps the conjecture least open to objection is that which regards the terms Urim and Thummim as the names of two lots2 (perhaps actually written on them) of opposite import.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /U/UR/URIM_AND_THUMMIM.htm (911 words)

	What were the Urim and Thummim?
		Others propose that the Urim and Thummim were kept in a pouch and were engraved with symbols identifying yes / no and true / false.
		It is unclear whether the Urim and Thummim were on, by, or in the High Priest's ephod.
		The Urim and Thummim are next mentioned in Moses' dying blessing upon Levi (Deuteronomy 33:8).
	www.gotquestions.org /urim-thummim.html (231 words)

	Urim and Thummim - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Because the words Urim and Thummim are plural and in most cases do not connotate an object, the device or process could be referred to as Urim and Thummim rather than "the" Urim and Thummim (Hebrew האורים והתמים, Tiberian Hebrew hāʾÛrîm wəhatTummîm, Standard Hebrew האורים והתומים; haʾUrim vəhaTummim; Arabic الاوريم والتميم; al-Ūrīm waʾaṯ-Ṯummīm).
		According to teachings of Judaism, a small parchment with God's holy name, the Tetragramaton, inscribed on it was slipped into an opening under the Urim and Thummim on the high priest's breast plate, which caused the breastplate to "glow" and thereby "transmit messages" from God to the Children of Israel.
		The LDS Bible Dictionary (http://scriptures.lds.org/bdu/urmndthm) defines a Urim and Thummim as "an instrument prepared of God to assist man in obtaining revelation from the Lord and in translating languages." Presumably, in Mormon belief, no qualification other than God's selection and ordination is necessary for an item to become a "Urim and Thummim".
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	Urim and Thummim -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There is some evidence that Urim and Thummim were/was used as a (A parcel of land having fixed boundaries) lot that provided "yes" or "no" answers, depending upon whether the Urim or the Thummim came into play, as manipulated by a Hebrew (A shrine where an oracular god is consulted) oracle.
		There is also evidence that the medium was used as an (A primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence) ordeal to establish a person's guilt or innocence.
		Latter-day Saints profess that utilization of a Urim and Thummim is the "special prerogative of a (An observer who perceives visually) seer", although not all seers use a Urim and Thummim.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/ur/urim_and_thummim.htm (831 words)

	Urim and Thummim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Because the words Urim and Thummim are plural and in most cases do not connotate an object, the device or process should be referred to as Urim and Thummim rather than "the" Urim and Thummim (Hebrew האורים והתמים, Tiberian Hebrew hāʾÛrîm wəhatTummîm, Standard Hebrew האורים והתומים; haʾUrim vəhaTummim; Arabic الاوريم والتميم; al-Ūrīm waʾaṯ-Ṯummīm).
		The earliest reference to Urim and Thummim in the Bible is that Aaron carried them with him as High Priest.
		Masonic Legend (taught during the 13, 14 and 21 degrees ceremonies of Masonry) and Kabbalistic tradition states that Urim and Thummin were part of the recovered artifacts taken from Solomon's Temple after Hiram Abif was murdered while protecting the temple treasury.
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Urim and Thummim
		Be that as it may, the relatively few mentions of Urim and Thummim in the Old Testament leave the precise
		It also shows that they were conceived of as material objects sufficiently small to be inserted in the "rational" or "pouch", the main purpose of which seems to have been to receive them.
		Saul calls together the people in order that the culprit may be revealed and thus addresses the Lord: "O Lord God of Israel, give a sign, by which we may know, what the meaning is, that thou answerest not thy servant today.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15224a.htm (850 words)

	Urim and Thummim
		The Urim and Thummim were not original with the Hebrews, but had been borrowed, like most of their other religious rites, from the Egyptians, with whom the mystic scarabaeus, worm on the breast by the Hierophants, had the same functions.
		The Urim and Thummim were placed in the breastplate of the high priest (Exodus 28:30) and were used as a means of communication with God.
		The Urim and Thummim were not original with the Hebrews, but had been borrowed, like most of their other religious rites, from the Egyptians, with whom the mystic scarabeus worn on the breast by the Hierophants, had the same functions.
	www.experiencefestival.com /urim_and_thummim (1271 words)

	The Urim and Thummim: A New Theory
		Although, as we shall later see, that the symbolic significance of the Urim and Thummim are fundamental to the argument I wish to present, the fact remains that the biblical evidence is more in favour of understanding the Urim and Thummim as having a physical identity, not a purely symbolic one.
		The Urim and Thummim or, as roughly transliterated from the Hebrew text of Exodus 28:30, et-haur'im ve-et-hatum'im, are mysterious in eptymological origin.
		As for the Thummim we see them as "truth" and "perfection" as characterizing words, for by means of urim (enlightenment, revelation, the manifestation of the unseen) the thummim (the truth, the path of perfection) was what followed directly.
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	Eureka -- Vol 2 -- Chap 7 -- 6. The Apocalyptic Urim and Thummim
		Having prepared the foursquare texture, Moses was commanded to put into it the Urim and the Thummim; that is, the twelve precious stones: not that the stones abstractly were the Urim and the Thummim, but were indispensable to its manifestation.
		These were styled, urim, lights; and the twelve stones themselves, thummim, fulnesses, that is, of number and measure -- fulness of number, and fulness of measure; or 144,000 and 144 cubits and furlongs; because these are the perfections, or square of 12.
		From this scriptural identification of the Urim and Thummim with the Expected Priest after the Order of Melchisedec, we have one of a multitude of instances in which, as Paul teaches, "the Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believes" the gospel of the kingdom.
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	Urim and Thummim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Urim and Thummim (Hebrew: אורים ותומים) - typically translated as "lights and perfections" or "revelation and truth" - were a divination medium or process used by ancient Hebrews (usually Israelites) in revealing the will of God on a contested point of view or other problem.
		Because the words Urim and Thummim are plural and in most cases do not connotate an object, the device or process should be referred to as Urim and Thummim rather than "the" Urim and Thummim.
		In Mormonism, Joseph Smith, Jr used a purported Urim and Thummim to translate the Book of Mormon by crystallomancy from gold plates until he had learned the language on the plates well enough to translate them without a medium for divination.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/urim_and_thummim (722 words)

	50. The Urim and Thummim
		Now, in connection with the Urim and the Thummim there appear to be some things which God has seen fit to keep "secret," hence the profitless articles which many, who resorted to speculation, have written on the subject.
		Both words are in the plural number, though this (as is often the case in the Hebrew of the O.T.) is probably what is called the "plural of majesty"—used for the purpose of emphasizing the importance or dignity of a thing.
		By means of it (that is, through the Urim and Thummim) he learned the counsel of God, and was thus able to declare what course the people should take, or what events were about to happen.
	www.pbministries.org /books/pink/Gleanings_Exodus/exodus_50.htm (2723 words)

	What is the meaning of the Urim and Thummim?
		A: The Urim and Thummim were part of very elaborate and complex vestures or garments.
		The Ephod, a richly decorated object, was part of this vesture, with the Breastplate or Breastplate of Judgment, in which the Urim and Thummim were placed.
		The Thummim consisted of twelve stones “extraordinary in largeness and beauty,” as described by Josephus, in his book Antiquity of the Jews, book three, chapter seven.
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	Urim & Thummim Crystal Plate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Urim and Thummim are the Sacred Crystals which have a direct influence in one’s harmonic or Crystalline Energy Grid arrangement.
		The Harmonic Frequency of the Urim and Thummim are also used in the transformation of the blood crystals … for the freeing of the human chemistry from the third dimensional earthbound cycle of evolution.
		The "Thummim" aspect of these Sacred Crystals are the energy variations around the Urim (which is associated with the Inner Light of Archangel Uriel) which ensures that the Divine Thought-forms dispensed by God to the Children of the ONE … remain in a state of perfection while in dimensions of im-perfections.
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	Urim and The Thumiim- Seven Thunders Teaching
		The Urim and Thummim are mentioned seven times in the scriptures, and the first mention in scripture is when God commands Moses to make a priestly outfit for his brother Aaron.
		Keep in mind that when the scriptures just states the word Urim that the Thummim were also present, because of the earlier admonition from the Lord and Moses that the Urim and Thummim were to be kept in the breastplate together.
		From this time forward the Urim and Thummim were the methods in which kings or leaders of Israel inquired of the Lord.
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	Inquiring of the Lord (Urim and Thummim) - Christian Articles Archive
		This ephod was presumably part of the high priest's garments, to which was attached a breastplate pouch containing the Urim and the Thummim (Exodus 28, especially vs. 30; cf.
		Other speculations regarding Urim and Thummim are discussed by Herbert Wolf, "'or," in TWBOT, I, 26 (a personal revelation to the mind of the priest), and Edward Robertson, op.
		If Urim and Thummim were two marked stones which were cast, a "yes" might be both up, a "no" both down, and "no answer" one up and one down.
	www.joyfulheart.com /scholar/inquire.htm (1569 words)

	urim and thummim - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		The accusation of Doeg and the answer of the high priest (1 Samuel 22:10,13,15) suggest that David began to inquire of Yahweh through the priesthood, even while he was an officer of Saul.
		After the days of David, prophecy was in the ascendancy, and, accordingly, we find no clear record of the use of the Urim and Thummim in the days of the later kings (compare, however, Hosea 3:4; Ecclesiasticus 33:3).
		Another very old view is that the Urim and Thummim consisted of a writing containing the Ineffable Name (Pseudo-Jonathan on Exodus 28:20; compare Rashi and Nachmanides at the place).
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