URIM AND THE THUMMIM

(Exo 28:30) "And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron's heart when he goes in before the LORD. So Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the LORD continually.
 
(Lev 8:8) Then he put the breastplate on him, and he put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastplate.
 
(Num 27:21) "He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire before the LORD for him by the judgment of the Urim. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, he and all the children of Israel with him; all the congregation."
 
(Deu 33:8) And of Levi he said: "Let Your Thummim and Your Urim be with Your holy one, Whom You tested at Massah, And with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah,
 
(1 Sam 28:6) And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by the prophets.
 
(Ezra 2:63) And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things till a priest could consult with the Urim and Thummim.
 
(Neh 7:65) And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things till a priest could consult with the Urim and Thummim.
 
In 1827 Smith claimed to receive the golden plates upon which the Book of Mormon is alleged to have been written. Shortly after this historic find, unearthed in the hill Cumorah near Palmyra, New York, Smith began to "translate" the "reformed Egyptian" hieroglyphics inscribed thereupon by means of the " Urim and Thummim", a type of miraculous spectacles which the always thoughtful angel Moroni had the foresight to provide for the budding seer. (The Kingdom of the Cults, page 172.)
 
Obviously, Joseph Smith forgot that the Urim and Thummim were stones that God wanted attached to the breastplate of the High Priest. Joseph Smith said they were not stones but spectacles that the angel Moroni gave him.
 
Warnings from the Bible!
2 Cororinthians 11:13-15 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
Galatians 1:8-9 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.
1 Timothy 1:3-4 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia; remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine, nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith.

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