. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. mbol—often a wingedscarabseus—the emblem of the sun, as in theannexed example, in which we even see theconnecting ring and chain, although only, inthis instance, to fasten it to the girdle. 8. The Urim and Thummim, by means ofwhich the high-priest obtained responses fromGod was certainly either connected or identicalwith the breastplate, and, on account of it, thatornament itself was sometimes called the breast-plate of judgment. Some writers, whoseauthority is now much followed, think that theurim
. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. mbol—often a wingedscarabseus—the emblem of the sun, as in theannexed example, in which we even see theconnecting ring and chain, although only, inthis instance, to fasten it to the girdle. 8. The Urim and Thummim, by means ofwhich the high-priest obtained responses fromGod was certainly either connected or identicalwith the breastplate, and, on account of it, thatornament itself was sometimes called the breast-plate of judgment. Some writers, whoseauthority is now much followed, think that theurim and thummim § was merely a sacred lot,afforded by three precious stones contained ina purse or bag, formed by the lining or interiorof the breastplate. According to this conjec-Breastpiate.] turc, ou ouc of the stoucs was engraven D, yes; * It shall have the two shouklcr-pieoes thereof joined at the two edges thereof, and so it shall be joine^l together, 7.+ Exod. xxviii. 0, 10. X Exod. xxviii. 8. 5 DOjT) ^^^\)^, light and truth, ox justice. Sept. S^Xaia-/; xai aA.«^£( Chap. V.] THE LAW. 241 on the other i^^, no ; the third being destitute of any inscription; and that the question wasto be proposed in such a form that an affirmative or negative answer might suffice. Then theanswer was determined by the stone which the high-priest drew forth, the blank stone inti-mating tliat no answer was to be given. This seems better than the dreams of the rabbins,who teach that the answer was conveyed by the supernatural irradiation or development ofsuch of the letters graven on the breastplate [contained in the names of the twelve tribes]as were needed to spell out the answer. According to this, it follows that the iirim andthummim was no other than the breastplate itself, and, although the subject is one of consi-derable difficulty, we are rather disposed to concur in that opinion. But the notion as to themanner in which the response was given by this breastplate ap
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