Old Testament Symposium: Possessor of Urim and Thummim was seer after 'manner of old times'
The following is excerpted from a paper delivered by Monte S. Nyman at the Sidney B. Sperry Symposium on the Old Testament. A professor of ancient scripture at BYU, he is a member of the Edgemont 7th Ward Ward, Provo Utah Edgemont Stake.
The Old Testament first mentions the Urim and Thummim by name in Exodus 28:30, when Moses is instructed to give it to his brother Aaron.However, from latter-day revelation we know that Abraham had a Urim and Thummin hundreds of years earlier.
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