Ezr 2:63 | NET2full | STEP | The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim .

‏ Ezra 2:63

63 The governor ^{▼▼tn The Hebrew word תִּרְשָׁתָא (tirshataʾ) is an official title of the Persian governor in Judea, perhaps similar in meaning to “excellency” (BDB 1077 s.v.; HALOT 1798 s.v.; W. L. Holladay, Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon, 395).} instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult ^{▼▼tn Heb “to stand.”} the Urim and Thummim. ^{▼▼sn The Urim and Thummim were two objects used to determine God’s will; there is no clear evidence of their size or shape, or the material from which they were made.}