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What were the Urim and Thummim? Little is konw about them, but they were probably precious stones or flat objects that God used to give guidance to his people. The high priest kept them in his pouch attached to his breastplate. Some scholars think the Urim may have been the "no" answer and the "thummim the "yes" answer. Afther a time pf prayer for guidance, the preist would shake one of the stones out of the pouch, and God would cause the proper one to fall out. Another view is that the Urim and Thummim were small flat objects, ecah with a "yes" side and a "no" side. The priest spilled both from his pouch. If both landed on their yes sides, God's answer was positive. Two no sides were negative. A yes and no meant no reply. God has a specific purpose for using this methiog of guidance - he was teaching a nation the principles of followoing him. Our situation is not the same, however, so we must not invent ways like this for God to guide us.