Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezra 2:63

63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim .

i. e. The Governour, to wit Zerubbabel. Whence Nehemiah also is so called, Neh. 8. 9. & 10. 2.

That this point which could not be found out by any humane skill or Industry might be determined by divine direction. Hereby it appears that the Urim and Thummim were lost in the destruction of the City and Temple, though the Jews sed themselves with hopes of recovering them, but in vain. Of the Urim and Thummim, see Exod. 28. 30. Numb. 27. 21. 1 Sam. 23. 9.

Marginal references: Or, [illegible: 1 word] ▪; Ex. 28. 30.