Apparently, two objects used by the High Priest (ha-Kohen ha-Gadol) for casting lots, to know “guilty” or “innocent, “yes” or “no” questions (Exodus 28:30; Leviticus 8:8; Ezra 2:63). But also by individuals, as when “Saul inquired of the Lord … either by dreams or by an oracle (Urim) or by prophets” (1 Samuel 28:6).
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Monday, December 19, 2016
Urim ve-tummim
YONA SABAR: Hebrew Word of the Week: urim ve-tummim “Urim and Thummim.”
