Thematic Bible: By urim and thummim


Thematic Bible



He will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will ask for him by the decision of the Urim before Yahweh. On {his command} they will go out, and at {his command} they will come in, [both] he and all of the {Israelites} with him, the entire community."

Then he placed the breastpiece on him and put the Urim and the Thummim into the breastpiece;

And you will put the Urim and the Thummim on the breast piece of judgment, and they will be on the heart of Aaron when he comes before Yahweh, and Aaron will bear the judgment of the {Israelites} on his heart before Yahweh continually.

When David learned that Saul [was] plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here."

And Saul inquired of Yahweh, but Yahweh did not answer him, not by dreams or by the Urim or by the prophets.

So the governor said to them that they could not eat the most holy food until a priest could come with Urim and Thummim.

And of Levi he said, "Your Thummim and your Urim [are] for {your faithful one}, {whom you tested at Massah}; you contended [with] him at the waters of Meribah.

Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, "Please bring the ephod here for me." So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

The governor said to them that they could not eat from the holy food of the sanctuary until there was present a priest for the Urim and Thummim.