Exodus 28:30

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Summary

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.

The urim and the thummim

Bear the judgment

Zechariah 6:13

Upon his heart

Hebrews 9:12

Bible References

The urim and the thummim

And he shall stand before Eleazar, the priest, whom he shall consult in the judgment of the Urim before the LORD; at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the sons of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

And to Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah,

Now after the death of Joshua, it came to pass that the sons of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first to fight against them?

Then the sons of Israel arose and went up to the house of God and asked counsel of God and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the sons of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.

But David understood that Saul devised evil against him, and he said to Abiathar, the priest, Bring here the ephod.

And Saul enquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams nor by Urim nor by prophets.

And David said to Abiathar, the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring the ephod here to me. And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

And the Tirshatha said unto them that they should not eat of the most holy things until there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

Bear the judgment

He shall build the temple of the LORD, and he shall bear the glory and shall sit and rule upon his throne, and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

Upon his heart

O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.

I speak this not to condemn you, for I have said before that ye are in our hearts to die and live together with us.

And I will very gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

Even as it is right for me to think this of you all because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are joint partakers of my grace.

Therefore in all things he should be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the sanctuary designed for eternal redemption.