What Were the Urim and Thummim? (Messages from God?)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Urim and Thumim of First Samuel 14, Forty One
The greek word clerao is used, which unmistakably means casting lots. The hebrew text doesn't mention the urim and thumim. That's only in the greek septuagent. So if the hebrew text is correct, they may not have using the rim and thomim, but just casting ordinary lots.
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Transcript
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.
