
What Were the Urim and Thummim? (Messages from God?)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Is Rim and Thumim a Hindiadis?
There is a proposal that we should and the phrase urim and thumim as a hindiadis e. The word hendiadis comes from a couple of greek roots that mean one through two. Most people have understood them as being at least two objects, and possibly more than that. What we do know is that they were small enough to fit in the pouch or breastpiece that the priest wore on his chest.
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The Bible tells us that the Jewish high priest had two mysterious objects known as the Urim and Thummin to help him receive messages from God. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore what they were, how they worked, and what we know about them.
