Urim, Thummim and the Sacred Name
Tsadowq at aol.com
Tsadowq at aol.com
Tue Dec 11 04:57:57 EST 2001
Hello everyone,
In a message dated 12/10/2001 3:02:54 PM Mountain
Standard Time, fputnam at biblical.edu writes:
<< Whenever questions are recorded regarding using either the lot or
Urim/Thummim the questions were polar--either "yes-no" or "Is this
the one?" (1 Sam 14.36-42; 23.6-13)--or the narrative allows this
interpretation (e.g., Achan's guilt, Saul's kingship). This suggests
that whatever the physical means (a two-sided piece of ?? with
one marked side), allotment entailed polar elimination or selection.>>
Tradition teaches...
Urim's first side bore the letter Y.
Urim's second side bore he letter H.
Thummim's first side bore the letter V.
Thummim's second side bore the letter H.
I also seem to recall that the combined numeric
value of urim- and thummim-'s letters total 777.
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