Ezra 2

And how does this appear that so it was with him? It does so because none of them is recorded or mentioned in the Scripture, which yet diligently records them concerning other persons; and in particular those who could not find and prove their genealogies were by no means to be…

And Josephus tells us, that God ceased to give answer by Urim and Thummim two hundred years before he wrote (Lib. 3, cap. 12), which proves they had it. It is indeed certain, that at their first return from Babylon, they had not the Urim and Thummim (Ezra 2:63). There was no Pri…

[illegible] for that Sanballat mentioned by Josephus in the time of Alexander, it is not improbable, but that he might name him as the head of the Samaritans, there being no name of any other after him left upon record. (2.) There is no reason to think that the Nehemiah, mention…

But Solomon, David's son and successor, put all the other remains of the seven nations of Canaan to bond-service; at least made them pay a tribute of bond-service, as you may see, 1 Kings 9:20, 21, 22. And hence we read of the children of Solomon's servants, after the return fro…

Again, another thing that was lost that the Jews had before, was the Urim and Thummim. This is evident by Ezra 2:63. "And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there should stand up a priest with Urim and Thummim." We have no accoun…

He must by no Means neglect it under a Notion that he must not take this Honour to himself, until he knows he has a Right to it; because, though it be indeed a Privilege, yet it is not a Matter of mere Privilege, but a Matter of Duty too; and if he neglects it under these Circum…

Fourthly, the Magistrates exercised their coercive power in matters of Religion, as freely after Urim and Thummim were lost, and that judgment ceased, as they did before, which clearly shows the enquiring by Urim under the old Law, was not the cause of those laws concerning puni…