Numbers 27:21

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He will stand in front of the priest Eleazar, who will use the Urim  to make decisions in the Lord’s presence. At his command Joshua and the whole community of Israel will go into battle. And at his command they will return.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1

In the time of David, there was a famine for three successive years, and David asked the Lord’s advice about it. The Lord answered, “It’s because of Saul and his family. They are guilty of murder because they killed the people of Gibeon.”

Ezra 2:63

The governor told them not to eat any of the most holy food until a priest could use the Urim and Thummim  ⌞to settle the problem⌟.

Nehemiah 7:65

The governor told them not to eat any of the most holy food until a priest could use the Urim and Thummim  ⌞to settle the problem⌟.

Exodus 28:30

Put the Urim and Thummim  into the breastplate for decision-making. They, too, will be over Aaron’s heart when he comes into the Lord’s presence. In this way whenever he’s in the Lord’s presence, Aaron will always be carrying over his heart the ⌞means for determining the Lord’s⌟ decisions for the Israelites.

Leviticus 8:8

Then he put the breastplate on him, and into it he placed the Urim and Thummim.

Malachi 2:7

“A priest’s lips should preserve knowledge. Then, because he is the messenger for the Lord of Armies, people will seek instruction from his mouth.

Numbers 27:17

who will lead them in and out ⌞of battle⌟ so that the Lord’s community will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

Numbers 27:2

to Moses and stood in front of him, the priest Eleazar, the leaders, and the whole community at the entrance to the tent of meeting. They said,

Numbers 27:20

Give him some of your authority so that the whole community of Israel will obey him.

Numbers 27:22

Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and made him stand in front of the priest Eleazar and the whole community.

Numbers 27:5

So Moses brought their case to the Lord,

Deuteronomy 31:3

The Lord your God is the one who will cross the river ahead of you. He will destroy those nations as you arrive, and you will take possession of their land. Joshua will also cross the river ahead of you, as the Lord told you.

Deuteronomy 33:8

About the tribe of Levi he said, “Your Thummim and Urim  belong to your faithful people. You tested your people at Massah. You quarreled with them at the oasis of Meribah.

Joshua 9:14

The men believed the evidence they were shown, but they did not ask the Lord about it.

Judges 1:1

After Joshua’s death the Israelites asked the Lord, “Who will go first to fight the Canaanites for us?”

Judges 20:18

The men of Israel went to Bethel. They asked God, “Who will go first to fight Benjamin?” The Lord answered, “Judah will go first.”

Judges 20:23

The Israelites went and cried in the presence of the Lord until evening. They asked the Lord, “Should we continue to wage war against our close relatives, the men of Benjamin?” The Lord answered, “Go fight them!”

1 Samuel 14:19

While Saul was talking to the priest, the confusion in the Philistine camp grew worse and worse. Then Saul said to the priest, “Remove your hand ⌞from the ephod⌟.”

1 Samuel 23:9

When David learned that Saul was planning to harm him, he told the priest Abiathar, “Bring the ephod.”

1 Samuel 28:6

He prayed to the Lord, but the Lord didn’t answer him through dreams, the Urim, or prophets.

1 Samuel 30:7

David told the priest Abiathar, Ahimelech’s son, “Please bring me the priestly ephod.”  So Abiathar brought David the ephod.