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The breastplate of judgment holds the Urim and the Thummim, and counsel is asked of the LORD through them: at the word of the Urim the people go out and come in.
KJV (Exodus 28:30; Numbers 27:21): “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. … And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.”
The mechanism
THE ORACLE — a decision asked of a judgment outside the one who decides
How it was checked
- EvidenceT3 SCRIPTURE; Status: ADDED 2026-09-19
- Letter eraTHE LINE HELD THROUGH HELL Abraham to Solomon, c. 2000 to c. 930 BC
- SourcesSCRIPTURE — Exodus 28:30; Numbers 27:21 (KJV, checked 19 September)
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