1 Samuel 14:41-42

1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 Samuel 14:41 give Urim.... give Thummim.... Cast the lot. The Urim and Thummim (or just Urim) are mentioned also in Exodus 28:30; Numbers 27:21; Deuteronomy 33:8; 1 Samuel 28:6; and Ezra 2:63. They may have been two stones of two different colors, one representing a positive and the other a negative answer, that were kept in the “breastpiece of judgment” of the priest’s ephod (see Exodus 28:30; Leviticus 8:8). They were the only legitimate means of directly seeking a “yes” or “no” answer from the Lord, apart from God’s speaking directly to people.