urim and thummim

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The sacred devices (not always physical) used for casting lots

/ Should kings and nations from thy mouth consult, / Thy counsel would be as the oracle / Urim and Thummim, those oraculous gems / On Aaron’s breast, or tongue of Seers old / —.

A set of seer stones bound by silver bows into a set of spectacles, that founder Joseph Smith, Jr. said he found on the hill Cumorah and used to interpret the golden plates
urim and thummim

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    urim and Thum·mim

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    Etymology

    () Transcription of Hebrew האורים והתומים. In English Bible translations from the 16th century.
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