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| | Urim and Thummim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | 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. | | | The use of a Urim and Thummim in Mormonism relates to the function of a seer. | | | According to the Hebrew Bible, stones used for "an" Urim and Thummim were kept in the breastplate of Aaron, the brother of Moses. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urim_and_Thummim
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| | What were the Urim and Thummim? |
| | References to the Urim and Thummim are rare in the Bible. | | | It is unclear whether the Urim and Thummim were on, by, or in the High Priest's ephod. | | | The Urim "lights" and Thummim "perfections" were gemstones that were carried by the High Priest of Israel on the ephod / priestly garments. |
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http://www.gotquestions.org/urim-thummim.html
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| | Urim |
| | 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. | | | 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. | | | Philo Judaeus affirms that Urim and Thummim were 'the two small images of Revelation and Truth, put between the double folds of the breastplate,' and passes over the latter, with its twelve stones typifying the twelve signs of the Zodiac, without explanation" (TG 355-6). |
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http://www.experiencefestival.com/urim
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| | Urim and Thummim |
| | 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. | | | These passages add little to our knowledge of the nature an use of the oracle, except perhaps the importance attached to it as a means of the Divine communication in the post-Exilic period. | | | Many scholars maintain that in most passages where the expression "consult the Lord" or its equivalent is used, rcourse to the Urim and Thummim is implied (v.g. |
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http://www.catholicity.com/encyclopedia/u/urim_and_thummim.html
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| | Urim and Thummim |
| | 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). | | | 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. |
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http://www.pantheon.org/articles/u/urim_and_thummim.html
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| | Levi's Urim And Thummim |
| | That the true Urim and Thummim are with God’s holy One, Christ Jesus; or, What was meant and typified by the Urim and Thummim, is to be found fully and complete in Christ. | | | And as all he said by dreams rind visions, or by Urim and Thummim, was true so is all that he has said to us by his Son, who is truth itself, the faithful witness, who hath fully declared the whole counsel of God unto us. | | | Counsel was asked by Urim and Thummim only for public persons; as for a king, or the house of Judgment; the senate or sanhedrin; or the whole congregation of Israel; and that only in matters of moment, as I have already observed. |
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http://www.reformedreader.org/rbs/gill/levi.htm
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| | Eureka -- Vol 2 -- Chap 7 -- 6. The Apocalyptic Urim and Thummim |
| | 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. | | | The mission of the Angel-Sealers in sealing the 144,000, was to preserve the faith from extinction. | | | 10; and that, where the Urim and Thummim are mentioned, there is no mention made of the stones, as in Lev. |
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http://www.west.net/~antipas/eureka/eureka_2/eu_chapter07/c7_06.html
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| | 50. The Urim and Thummim |
| | Ezra 2:63 informs us that there was no one with the Urim and Thummim to communicate the mind of God in the day of Israel’s return from their Babylonian captivity. | | | Yes, He is the reality of which the Urim was the figure: the light of the knowledge of the glory of God shines "in the face of Jesus Christ" (2 Cor. | | | The further and clearer distinction drawn between the spiritual significations of the Urim and Thummim explains the slight variations found in several Old Testament scriptures. |
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http://www.pbministries.org/books/pink/Gleanings_Exodus/exodus_50.htm
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| | Exodus Study #66: Urim and Thummim |
| | The urim and the thummim in the Old Testament were used of God to reveal His plan and purpose for tomorrow. | | | Let us paraphrase all that and say that the urim and thummim were two instruments in the breastplate of the high priest by which the perfect will of God was brought to light. | | | If the urim and the thummim reveal that you are members of the priestly family, you can officiate; if you aren't, then you cannot." So one of the purposes of the urim and thummim was to determine--notice carefully what I am saying--was to determine one's relationship to God. |
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http://www.livingbiblestudies.org/study/JT14/066.html
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| | Urim and Thummim - Urim and Thummim, in the Bible, name of sacred instruments used for casting lots. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0919577.html
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| | Crosswalk.com |
| | The terms "Urim" and "Thummim" have traditionally been understood as "light(s)" and "perfection(s)" or as "perfect light." The Urim and Thummim were a means of revelation entrusted to the high priest. | | | Since the Urim and Thummim, in whatever way they functioned, were a physical means of revelation, it appears that God was taking his people away from the easy certainty inherent in a mechanical means of revelation to the more consistent use of prophecy and the Word alone. | | | The Urim and Thummim were used at critical moments in the history of God's people when special divine guidance was needed. |
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http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/BakersEvangelicalDictionary/bed.cgi?number=T713
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| | URIM AND THUMMIM - LoveToKnow Article on URIM AND THUMMIM |
| | 40, where " a high priest wearing Urim and Thummim " (R.V.) is given as " a high priest clothed in doctrine and truth " in A.V. Nor can the attempt of the American scholar Muss-Arnolt to explain them as cognate with the Babylonian Tablets of Destiny be pronounced successful. | | | For modern discussions, see the articles " Urim and Thummim " in the Bible dictionaries; the relevant sections in the treatises on archaeology; and W. Muss-Arnolt, The Urim and Thummim (reprinted from the American Journal of Semitic Languages, July 1900). | | | In this case the former of the two names might be derived from the root 'arar, "to curse"; the other from a root meaning " to be without fault." The one would thus signify " that a proposed action was satisfactory to God, the other that it provoked His wrath " (Professor G. Moore). |
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http://www.1911ency.org/U/UR/URIM_AND_THUMMIM.htm
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| | Urim and Thummim - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia |
| | 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). | | | This explanation would make Urim and Thummim mean "illuminated" and "dark" (compare Caster in Hastings, ERE, IV, 813), and, while fitting well with the ancient theories or traditions, would not be excluded by the recent theory of lots of opposite purport. | | | It is not impossible that even the prophet Samuel was assisted by the Urim in the selection of a king (1 Samuel 10:20-22). |
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http://www.studylight.org/enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T9017
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| | Cornelis Van Dam's excellent new book on the Urim & Thummim |
| | The earliest scriptural reference to a Urim and Thummim is found in the revelations of the brother of Jared. | | | It is in the highest degree improbable that the Urim and Thummim that the Jaredites had was the same that was had among the children of Israel. | | | By means of the Urim and Thummim, which he provided, Joseph was enabled to catch the spirit of the original writers of the Book of Mormon; but his translation was limited in effectiveness and beauty by his own lack of training. |
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http://www2.ida.net/graphics/shirtail/cornelis.htm
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| | The Urim and the Thummim and the Writing on the Wall |
| | In spite of a hunger strike, the Urim and the Thummim stayed behind -- the prophets Ezra and Nehemia, in their accounts of the exiles' return, cited a declaration against the consumption of holy food until a priest stood before them with the Urim and Thummim (Ezra 2:63; Nehemia 7:65). | | | If Thummim means 'perfect' and 'complete' then it could well have been just that -- a highly polished silver mirror which made the most important prop -- the Urim -- operable. | | | The apparel worn by the priest is clearly described, as is the decoration on the breastplate. |
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http://www.zenigmas.fsnet.co.uk/urim.htm
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| | Seer stone stolen from first presidency vault |
| | We would ask the Urim and Thummim to lead us to a family who were seeking further light and knowledge, we would drive to their home, knock on the door, and tell them we were sent by God to help them solve such and such specific problem that they had been praying about. | | | I have no reason to believe from church history that the LDS church has ever had Urim and Thummim since Joseph Smith gave them back to the Angel Moroni. | | | It had never crossed my mind that I could use the Urim and Thummim in this way, and I vowed never to do it again, but the memory stayed with me, and before I knew what I was doing, I had watched all of my married children and grandchildren in similar situations. |
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http://www.absalom.com/mormon/parable/seer-stone.htm
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| | Urim and Thummim |
| | Obviously, Joseph Smith forgot that the Urim and Thummim were stones that God wanted attached to the breastplate of the High Priest. | | | In 1827 Smith claimed to receive the golden plates upon which the Book of Mormon is alleged to have been written. | | | (Exo 28:30) "And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron's heart when he goes in before the LORD. |
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http://www.truthandgrace.com/Urim.html
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| | Mosiah 8:5 the plates which contained the record of his people |
| | The interpreters are the Urim and Thummim that the Lord had given to the brother of Jared (Ether 3:23; 4:5). | | | A seer is a translator, the one with the right to use the Urim and Thummim to inquire about the mind and will of the Lord. | | | We have no record of the Prophet having the Urim and Thummim after the organization of the Church.’” (Mormon Doctrine, p. |
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http://www.gospeldoctrine.com/Mosiah8.htm
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| | But the fact is that after the construction of the Temple of Solomon we hear nomore of the consultation by the priests of the Urim and Thummim. | | | Perhaps there was associated with the vestment, the ephod, connected with the Urimand Thummim, something of the nature of casting lots, of divination, of an appeal for ajudgment from the God head, seeking a sign, to be exhibited by perhaps committing the question at issue to a sort of inspired ballot. | | | But let the reader examine what is said in the Bible itself where evidently the Urim and Thummim were placed with in the Breastplate of the High Priest. |
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http://www.dancing.org/tsmr/.books/mackey/UMAP~1/Umac-03.htm
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| | BibleGateway - Quick search: urim |
| | He placed the breastpiece on him and put the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece. | | | The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim. | | | The governor, therefore, ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there should be a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim. |
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http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch?quicksearch=urim
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| | Let There Be Lights, "Perfect" "Lights" - On the Urim & Thummim |
| | Interestingly, the footnote says Urim and Thummim mean "the demonstration and truth." In The Lives of the Prophets, 22:3, we read that when Elisha was born, the Urim indicated that he would destroy the idols and images of the land. | | | The Urim and Thummim were outside the evil realm, and clearly used in Godly contexts both in ancient times, and modern times. | | | Joseph Smith has been accused of delving into necromancy, magic and divination, yet we have also clearly seen that the idea of "seer stones", for that is the definition of the Urim and Thummim, was not considered to be evil witchcraft, magic, and occult seership at all. |
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| | Teraphim and the Urim and Thummim - FARMS Insights |
| | Similarly, the Book of Mormon prophets associated the Nephite interpreters (two stones consecrated to God for revelatory purposes) or their function with the concept of light. | | | early Mormon writer W. Phelps suggested that teraphim may have sometimes fulfilled a positive role and were similar in form and function to the Urim and Thummim possessed by Israel’s high priest. | | | In the light of more recent studies of these objects, Phelps’s suggested connection between the Old Testament teraphim and the Book of Mormon interpreters utilized by the Prophet Joseph Smith in the translation of the Book of Mormon seems entirely plausible. |
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http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?table=insights&id=154
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| | 6 is gleaned that by the Urim direct answer to a question asked of God might be had, as also by dreams or through the prophets. | | | The words " put in " might in that verse be replaced by " put on or upon," according to the Septuagint; but this and all other interpretations which identify the Urim and Thummim with the precious stones of the breastplate are excluded by the context of Ex. | | | When it is noted that in the reports concerning the throwing of the lot the matter is brought into connection with the priests and the ephod, it seems at least probable that in these cases reference is to the use of Urim and Thummim (cf. |
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http://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/encyc/encyc12/htm/old1/0132=108.htm.old
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| | Ezra 2:63 The governor said to them, that they should not eat |
| | And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by Urim and Thummim. | | | And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. | | | And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. |
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http://bible.cc/ezra/2-63.htm
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| | URIM-THUMMIM - The Mystery of Christ |
| | You also, as lively stones [Urim- Thummim], are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to Elohim by Jesus Christ. | | | Therefore also it is contained in the Scripture, See, I place in Zion an outmost corner stone [Urim- Thummim], picked out by Elohim, prized: and he that is persuaded on Him will not be put to shame. |
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http://www.serve.com/ABC/UT001.html
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| | Bible Questions & Answers |
| | Exodus 28:30 says that the Urim and Thummim were placed in a breastplate that Aaron, the high priest, wore. | | | In this case, the Urim revealed what God wanted Israel to do. | | | Saul and David probably consulted the Urim and Thummim through the high priest |
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http://www.his-forever.com/q_37.htm
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| | Union for Reform Judaism - T'tzaveh, 5766 |
| | Inside the breastpiece of decision you shall place the Urim and Thummim, so that they are over Aaron’s heart when he comes before the Eternal. | | | Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan writes, “The Urim and Thumim would be consulted like an oracle; the High Priest would meditate on the stones until he reached a level of divine inspiration” (The Living Torah: The Five Books of Moses [New York/Jerusalem: Maznaim, 1981], p. | | | Even in those instances where the oracle provides an answer that we all know to be true, the meaning behind the answer often remains shadowed. |
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http://urj.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=9634&pge_prg_id=33174&pge_id=3448
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| | Translation process of the Book of Mormon |
| | Joseph Smith mentioned several times that he translated the Book of Mormon record through the gift and power of God by means of the "Urim and Thummim", but the term was used ambiguously. | | | It is also clear that when Joseph Smith came to Biblical material in the Nephite record, he simply adopted it from the KJV of the Bible, making changes as he saw fit. | | | (1) Nephite interpreters often called "Urim and Thummim" were found with the plates on Hill Cumorah; [my note: The words "Urim and Thummim" were never used to describe the stones until after the Book of Mormon was published. |
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http://www.lds-mormon.com/transltn.shtml
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| | Sermon #1286_____ Miscellaneous Sermons |
| | That is the priest of whom Moses spoke in the prophecy of Deuteronomy 33:8. | | | However, the Urim and Thummim were lost during the time of the Babylonian captivity and never recovered, as is apparent from the instructions given by Nehemiah in the rebuilding of the temple at Jerusalem. | | | And it was by these, through the intercessory work of the high-priest, that God gave direction to the children of Israel and settled all important matters of judgment and justice. |
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http://www.freegrace.net/sermon/Lev020.htm
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| | Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary - parshat |
| | "With the death of the early prophets, the Urim V'Thummim was annulled" (Mishna, Sotah 9:12). | | | Yehoshua must consult with the priest according to the Urim V'Thummim. | | | The Books of the Prophets teach us that the prophet became the conduit for transmission of God's messages to the people. |
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http://www.netivot-shalom.org.il/parshaeng/tsav5763.php
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| | Bible Study - Lights and Perfections |
| | And in the breastpiece of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goes in before The Lord; thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel upon his heart before The Lord continually." (Exodus 28:29-30 RSV) | | | The second is that they served as a symbol of the high priest's authority to seek the will of God. | | | "And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before The Lord; at his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the people of Israel with him, the whole congregation." (Numbers 27:21 RSV) |
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http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/20020827.htm
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| | bible.org: Smith's Bible Dictionary |
| | (Numbers 27:21) In the blessings of Moses they appear as the crowning glory of the tribe of Levi: "thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy Holy One." (33:8,9) In what way the Urim and Thummim were consulted is quite uncertain. | | | They are mentioned as things-already familiar both to Moses and the people, connected naturally with the functions of the high priest as mediating between Jehovah and his people. | | | (Numbers 20:28) When Joshua is solemnly appointed to succeed the great hero-law-giver he is bidden to stand before Eleazar, the priest, "who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim," and this counsel is to determine the movements of the host of Israel. |
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http://www.bible.org/smith.asp?id=4402
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| | Urim and Thummim |
| | And the stones will be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names" (Exodus 28:15-21). | | | On the other hand, the Jewish scholar Josephus wrote that "God declared beforehand by those twelve stones. | | | A question has come about the meaning of two Hebrew words found in our E |
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http://www.gospelgazette.com/gazette/2004/jun/page15.htm
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| | Urim and Thummim; Things of the Bible; Bible Picture Tour |
| | Urim and Thummim, Things Mentioned in the Bible: Bible Picture Tour: Urim and Thummim | | | Urim and Thummim; Things of the Bible; Bible Picture Tour | | | In the blessing of Moses they appear as the crowning glory of the tribe of Levi (Deuteronomy 33:8,9). |
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http://www.mustardseed.net/html/turimtummim.html
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| | Urim & Thummim Crystal Plate |
| | 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. | | | Thus, it is through and by the Sacred Urim and Thummim Light Grid … that the thought-forms of the Divine Mind are held in perfection so that they cannot be contaminated or negated by the substrata of physical consciousness... | | | "Urim" refers to the actual Crystals (stones) as the condensed Living Light which links the functions of the human mind with the various layers of Spiritual Powers. |
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http://www.excelexgold.com/unicia/urim__thummim_crystal_plate.htm
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| | Prophetic Jargon |
| | ProphMinistry 11:21 - "God has placed within you a spiritual Urim and Thummim. | | | When a person comes to us for direction concerning their lives or we are instructing the prophets on how to know if they should speak or not, we would say, | | | He has placed within you a sign, a revelation that will cause you to receive a yes answer or a no answer. |
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http://www.gmrnet.org/jargon_prophetic.htm
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| | THE URIM THUMMIM – Artifact Identified |
| | KJV Exodus 28:30 "And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually." | | | We must take note that the UT had to be a small object to fit inside the breastplate of the High Priest. | | | In the Septuagint (LXX) of Ezra and Nehemiah, a most literal definition for Urim arises from the particle form of "photizo" meaning to shine or give light. |
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http://bibleprophet.com/Elijah012.html
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| | Urim and Thummim |
| | Some commentators believe that the Urim and Thummim consisted of the inscribed ineffable name of God (forbidden to be uttered but once a year by the High Priest). | | | They were hidden under the breastplate of the High Priest, with its array of twelve inlaid precious and semi-precious stones, inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. | | | This, along with the Ark of the Covenant, its contents, and the Shekinah, or manifest glory of God, which had hovered between the gilded wings of the carved cherubim above the Ark, disappeared after the destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonians. |
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http://www.bezalel-levy.com/urim.htm
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| | Blue Letter Bible - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge |
| | Exd 28:30 — And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually. | | | Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. | | | And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. |
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| | [B-Greek] translation of Urim and Thummim in LXX? |
| | 2Esdras (Ezra) 2:63 renders the clause 'there should be a priest to consult Urim and Thummim' (NRSV) as E(/WS A)NASTH^i I(EREU\S TOI^S FWTI/ZOUSIN KAI\ TOI^S TELEI/OIS; and 2Esdras 17:65 (Neh 7:65) translates 'until a priest with Urim and Thummim should come' (NRSV) as E(/WS A)NASTH^i I(EREU\S FWTI/SWN. | | | Not surprisingly Muraoka simply defines it as 'some device used for discovering God's will'. | | | Previous message: [B-Greek] translation of Urim and Thummim in LXX? |
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http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/b-greek/2004-March/028889.html
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| | FARMS Update: Abraham and the Urim and Thummim - FARMS Insights |
| | The Bible associates the Urim and Thummim with the Israelite high priest, but it never suggests that Abraham possessed this instrument of divine revelation. | | | The Book of Abraham informs us that Abraham "had the Urim and Thummim," by means of which he "saw the stars." "And the Lord said unto me, by the Urim and Thummim, that Kolob was after the manner of the Lord, according to its times and seasons in the revolutions thereof" (Abraham 3:1-4). | | | See the discussion in John A. Tvedtnes, The Book of Mormon and Other Hidden Books: Out of Darkness unto Light (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2000), 198-208. |
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| | Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Urim and Thummim |
| | When any question was brought to the high priest to be decided by “Urim,” the priest put his hand into the “pouch” and drew out one of the stones, and according to the stone drawn out the question was decided. | | | One stone represented Yes, one No, and one No answer is to be given. | | | Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Urim and Thummim |
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| | BD Urim and Thummim |
| | Joseph Smith used it in translating the Book of Mormon and in obtaining other revelations. | | | An instrument prepared of God to assist man in obtaining revelation from the Lord and in translating languages. | | | This earth in its celestial condition will be a Urim and Thummim, and many within that kingdom will have an additional Urim and Thummim (D&C 130: 6-11). |
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http://scriptures.lds.org/bdu/urmndthm
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| | A new form of the Urim and Thummim? | | | There's some resonance here with an older optical technology, the "seer stones" Urim and Thummim that Joseph Smith used in his translation of the Book of Mormon. | | | Some previously-unreadable portions of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, a collection of document-fragments found in 1897 in an ancient town dump about 300 km south of Alexandria, are now being read by newly-applied imaging technology. |
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http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002074.html
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| | Tetzaveh5760 |
| | They have spent centuries amongst another people known for the obsessive use of magic, oracles, divination, etc. It's unwise to expect instant adaptation to a whole new world view. | | | Guess I'll go get my Urim and Thummim and ask them for some answers. | | | I can see the promos now for "Indiana Jones and the Urim and Thummim" If they really can predict accurately, and tell us what Gd really wants, I can imagine a gaggle of adventurous archaeologists trying to locate them-or some unscrupulous ones trying to palm off forgeries. |
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http://home.comcast.net/~adurlester/musings/tetzaveh5760.htm
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| | Urim & Thummim |
| | This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar. | | | From what I understand--and my understanding is somewhat murky, not being an ancient Israelite and all--the Urim & Thummim was a sort of biblical Magic 8 Ball. |
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http://www.bright.net/~revcph/2004/09/wtf-see-leviticus-88
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