אוּרִים

urim

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Urim — lights

Where it comes from

Nobody knows what the Urim and Thummim were or how they worked. The words mean something like lights and perfections. Scripture never explains the mechanism, only that they sat over the heart of the priest when he went in.

Every place it appears

Strong's H224. It stands in 7 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Exodus 28:30

And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.

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