u.rim designates items associated with the priestly breastpiece and with inquiry before the LORD.

The term names items associated with the priestly breastpiece and with inquiry before the LORD: they are placed in Aaron's breastpiece, consulted by a priest for judgment, and named with Thummim in the supplied verses.

1. Priestly items for breastpiece and inquiry · dominant

   In Exodus 28:30 and Leviticus 8:8, the plural noun is placed in the breastpiece with the Thummim. In Numbers 27:21 the APB renders an inquiry "by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD," while 1 Samuel 28:6 lists Urim among the means by which Saul did not receive an answer; Ezra 2:63 and Nehemiah 7:65 likewise make a priest's standing or arising for Urim and Thummim the condition for a decision.

   Exodus 28:30Leviticus 8:8Numbers 27:211 Samuel 28:6Ezra 2:63Nehemiah 7:65

In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB retains the name "Urim" in every supplied verse, commonly joining it with "Thummim." Its whole-verse paraphrase also presents Urim in placement within a breastpiece and in priestly inquiry, but it is not word-aligned.