Urim אוּרִים

Urim (Hebrew אוּרִים, Strong's H224) is a title in the Old Testament, glossed “Urim”. It occurs 8 times.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Urim, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• Exodus 28:30
  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 place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the LORD.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 8:8
  And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece.

Numbers

• Numbers 27:21
  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.He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will go out and come in.”

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 33:8
  And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 14:41
  Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.So Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim; but if the fault is with the men of Israel, respond with Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the people were cleared of the charge.
• 1 Samuel 28:6
  And when Saul enquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.

Ezra

• Ezra 2:63
  And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 7:65
  And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).