If two Latter-day Saint researchers have their way, it would be so long to “seer stone in a hat” and hello to “Urim and Thummim.” They would also like to drop-kick the inclusion of folk ma ...

The question of just how church founder Joseph Smith produced the faith’s signature scripture, the Book of Mormon, continues to be debated. Did Smith “translate” the Reformed Egyptian ...

These are aprons, robes, tunics, turbans and sashes. One part, the breastplate of a dozen precious stones, contains the Urim and Thummim. The Urim and Thummim are like a Jewish version of the ...

Place in the Choshen the Urim v’Tumim, and they will be over Aharon’s heart when he comes before God. Aharon will carry the judgment of B’nai Yisrael over his heart, before God always.

This week I would like to explore perhaps the most mysterious and enticing of all the garments – the Urim ve’Tumim. Before we discuss the English translation of Urim ve’Tumim, first let us ...

One of the more famous objects worn by the high priest is his breastplate, the Urim v’Tumim, literally, the “Lights and the Perfection” (Exodus 28:30). On its surface were 12 stones ...