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Urim and Thummim

consisted of three stones, which were deposited in the double lining of the high priest’s breastplate. One stone represented Yes, one No, and one No answer is to be given. When any question was brought to the high priest to be decided by “Urim,” the priest put his hand into the “pouch” and drew out one of the stones, and according to the stone drawn out the question was decided. (Lev. viii. 8; 1 Sam. xxviii. 6.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Urbi et Orbi [To Rome and the rest of the world]
Urd [The Past]
Urda or Urdan Fount (The)
Urda, Verdandi, and Skulda
Urgan
Urganda la Desconecida
Urgel
Uriah
Uriel
Urim
Urim and Thummim
Ursa Major
Ursa Minor
Used Up
Usher means a porter
Usquebaugh
Ut
Ut Queat Laxis, etc
Uta
Uter
Uterine

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Urim and Thummim