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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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the Urim and the Thummim
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[^Mymth taw Myrwa ta^] the Urim and Thummim, lights and perfections; rendered by the LXX. [~dhlwsiv kai alhyeia~] manifestation and truth; and, by the Vulgate, doctrina et veritas, doctrine and truth. Among the various and contradictory opinions respecting the form and substance of these mysterious appendages, the most probable seems to be that of Josephus, Philo, Bp. Patrick, Parkhurst, and the Jewish writers generally; who state, that they were no other than the twelve precious stones of the high priest's breastplate. In support of this statement, it is observed, 1. That in the description of the high priest's breastplate, Exd 39:8, et seq., the Urim and Thummim are not mentioned, but only the rows of stones; and on the contrary, in Lev 8:8, the Urim and Thummim are expressly mentioned, but not a word is said of the four rows of stones. 2. As Moses has given such a particular description of every thing relative to the high priest's dress, these would certainly have been described had they been different fro |
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bear the judgment
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Zec 6:13 |
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upon his heart
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2Cr 6:11,12; 2Cr 7:3; 2Cr 12:15; Phl 1:7,8; Hbr 2:17; Hbr 4:15; Hbr 9:12,24 |
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Exd 39:8 |
And he made the breastplate [of] cunning work, like the work of the ephod; [of] gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. |
  
  
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Lev 8:8 |
And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. |
  
  
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Zec 6:13 |
Even 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. |
  
  
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2Cr 6:11 |
O [ye] Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. |
  
  
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2Cr 6:12 |
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. |
  
  
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2Cr 7:3 |
I speak not [this] to condemn [you]: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with [you]. |
  
  
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2Cr 12:15 |
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. |
  
  
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Phl 1:7 |
Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. |
  
  
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Phl 1:8 |
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. |
  
  
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Hbr 2:17 |
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto [his] brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things [pertaining] to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. |
  
  
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Hbr 4:15 |
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin. |
  
  
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Hbr 9:12 |
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption [for us]. |
  
  
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Hbr 9:24 |
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, [which are] the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Exodus 28:30," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. . <http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Exd/28/30.html>.

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