The Judgment of the Sons of Israel

High priest will bear over his heart the means by which he can get a decision from god. The urim and thumim were old ritual objects that predated the high priesthood, they might be something the israelites got in egypt or from another ancient near eastern culture. Some have suggested that the words may not be hebrew. But it's also possible that the urim andThamim had been part of israelite culture for a long time,. And that the words are hebrew the way many ancient authors understood them to be.