they inquired of theLord further The technical phrase for ascertaining God's will by means of the Urim and Thummim in the breastplate upon the High-priest's Ephod (Exodus 28:30; Numbers 27:21). See on 1 Samuel 28:6, and cp. ch. 1Sa 14:3, 1 Samuel 22:10; 1 Samuel 23:9; 1 Samuel 30:7.

the stuff The baggage of the people who had come to Mizpah from a distance. Compare

"Therefore away to get our stuffaboard."

Shakespeare, Com. of Errors, IV. 4.

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