
What Were the Urim and Thummim? (Messages from God?)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The high priestly eped was a sleeveless garment made from gold, blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen. It had a waistband of the same material and two shoulder pieces, each one with an onyx stone mounted in a gold filigree set,. Each engraved with the names of six of the tribes of israel. Blue and purple were most expensive colors available and were associated with royalty and power while scarlet was associated with blood and ritual cleansing. The source of high quality purple that they had was a natural one, and it came from sea snails.
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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.
