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The Tirshatha, i.e. the governor, to wit, Zerubbabel; whence Nehemiah also is so called, Neh_8:9 10:1.
Till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim; that this point, which could not be found out by any human 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 fed themselves with hopes of recovering them, but in vain. Of the Urim and Thummim, see Exo_28:30 Num_27:21 1Sa_23:9.