Moses received comprehensive instructions from the LORD on the Tabernacle, a portable place of worship, together with all of its equipment and furnishings. When ministering, the priests were expected to wear specific attire. The twelve stones on the High Priest’s breastpiece stood in for the twelve tribes of Israel. The Urim and Thummim are thought to have been two more stones that were used to ascertain the LORD’s will, however we do not know all the specifics. The people needed a mechanism to discern the LORD’s direction because the Spirit of God arrived on them but did not reside in their hearts until Pentecost. According to others, these stones would glow—one for a “yes” response and the other for a “no.” The high priest’s heart was covered in them. The Urim and Thummim are something that some people today would […]