Urim: Difference between revisions

|description=See“ Thummim”. The“ Urim and Thummim ”originated in Egypt, and symbolized the Two ''Truths'', the two figures of '''Ra''' and ''Thmei'' being engraved on the breastplate of the Hierophant and worn by him during the initiation ceremonies. Diodorus adds that this necklace of gold and precious stones was worn by the High Priest when delivering judgment. ''Thme ''(plural ''Thmin'') means “ Truth” in Hebrew. “ The Septuagint translates thummim, as ''Truth ''” (Bonwick). The late Mr. Proctor, the astronomer, shows the Jewish idea “derived directly from the Egyptians”. But Philo Judæus affirms that Urim and Thummim were “the two small images of Revelation and Truth, put between the double folds of the breastplate ”, and passes over the latter, with its twelve stones typifying the twelve signs of the Zodiac, without explanation. {{ctd-source|TG}}.