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Judges 11 is the eleventh chapter of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel, [2] [3] but modern scholars view it as part of the Deuteronomistic History, which spans in the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings, attributed to nationalistic and devotedly Yahwistic writers during the time of the ...
Urim (אוּרִים ) traditionally has been taken to derive from a root meaning "lights"; these derivations are reflected in the Neqqudot of the Masoretic Text. [3] In consequence, Urim and Thummim has traditionally been translated as "lights and perfections" (by Theodotion, for example), or, by taking the phrase allegorically, as meaning "revelation and truth" or "doctrine and truth."
The earliest source that expands the term "Urim and Thummim" outside the biblical context is a reverse association William W. Phelps made on Hosea 3:4 in July 1832, stating that the children of Israel "were even to do without the Teraphim, [Urim & Thummim, perhaps] or sacred spectacles or declarers."
The Book of Judges (Hebrew: ספר שופטים, romanized: Sefer Shoftim; Greek: Κριταί; Latin: Liber Iudicum) is the seventh book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. In the narrative of the Hebrew Bible, it covers the time between the conquest described in the Book of Joshua and the establishment of a kingdom in the ...
A 21st-century reconstruction of the golden plates and the Urim and Thummim connected to a breastplate. In the Book of Mormon, prophets such as the Brother of Jared and Mosiah used devices called "interpreters" to receive revelation for their people, and the Doctrine and Covenants declares these interpreters to have been Urim and Thummim. [34]
Rather silly that the article states the Urim and Thummim should not be called "the" Urim and Thummim, and then goes on to give the Hebrew, which translates exactly to "THE Urim and THE Thummim." (The ha- prefix on both words is the definite article.) Jdavidb 14:24, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Urim and Thummim" (Hebrew: האורים והתומים) is a phrase found in the Hebrew Bible. Urim may also refer to: Ur, an ancient Sumerian city-state; Urim, Iran; Urim, Israel; Urim and Thummim (Latter Day Saints) Urim language, spoken in Papua New Guinea; Urim Publications, an Israeli Jewish publisher
High Priest of Israel wearing the sacred vestments. The ephod is depicted here in yellow. An ephod (Hebrew: אֵפוֹד, romanized: ʾēp̄ōḏ; / ˈ ɛ f ɒ d / or / ˈ iː f ɒ d /) was a type of apron that, according to the Hebrew Bible, was worn by the High Priest of Israel, an artifact and an object to be revered in ancient Israelite culture, and was closely connected with oracular ...
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