Thummim
Britishnoun
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Urim v'Thummim are the essential constituents of good judgment.
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BarryKort If you look at the crest of Yale University, you will see two Hebrew words: Urim v'Thummim.
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The privilege of consulting the Urim and Thummim seems to have been confined to the chief ruler of the nation; if with the sanction of the priest David had done so now, he might have justly been charged with treason; probably it was because he believed Doeg rather than Ahimelech, and concluded that this royal privilege had been conceded by the priests to David, that Saul was so enraged, and inflicted such dreadful retribution on them.
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Afterwards, when Abiathar fled to David with the high priest’s ephod, through which the judgment of Urim and Thummim seems to have been announced, David regarded that circumstance as an indication of the Divine permission to him to make use of the sacred oracle.
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His also was the broad plate of gold, covering the breast, reminding of the Urim and Thummim.
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