Josephus Antiquities 3.8.9
Josephus: Antiquities of the Jews, Book III
1Q29, 4Q376
The Dead Sea Scrolls: Tongues of Fire (I can understand if you don't trust this website, as it is non-Christian. I have the DSS study guide, and can make you a screen shot if you cannot find the original elsewhere, so that you can see the translation is accurate.) Commentary here:
The Urim and the Thummim
I cannot prove the nature of the energy source, but the most ancient documents suggest that lightning was stored and released to charge the clouds to make rain.
Thank you, that was most fascinating. The stone of the tribe of Benjamin had the Letters B (benjamin) and K (wolf). If each stone had 2 letter that's 24 letters in all and the ancient Hebrew alphabet had 23 letters (22 in the modern);
Hebrew Alphabet Chart
The 12 tribes were:
Genesis 49
3“
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the first sign of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
4Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father’s bed, onto my couch and defiled it.
5“
Simeon and
Levi are brothers— their swords
a are weapons of violence.
6Let me not enter their council, let me not join their assembly, for they have killed men in their anger and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.
7Cursed be their anger, so fierce, and their fury, so cruel! I will scatter them in Jacob and disperse them in Israel.
8“
Judah,
b your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you.
9You are a lion’s cub, Judah; you return from the prey, my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
c until he to whom it belongs
d shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his.
11He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt to the choicest branch; he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
12His eyes will be darker than wine, his teeth whiter than milk.
e
13“
Zebulun will live by the sea shore and become a haven for ships; his border will extend toward Sidon.
14“
Issachar is a rawboned
f donkey lying down among the sheep pens.
g 15When he sees how good is his resting place and how pleasant is his land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and submit to forced labor.
16“
Danh will provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
17Dan will be a snake by the roadside, a viper along the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
18“I look for your deliverance, Lord.
19“
Gadi will be attacked by a band of raiders, but he will attack them at their heels.
20“
Asher’s food will be rich; he will provide delicacies fit for a king.
21“
Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
j
22“
Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over a wall.
k
23With bitterness archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility.
24But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed
l limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
25because of your father’s God, who helps you, because of the Almighty,
m who blesses you with blessings of the skies above, blessings of the deep springs below, blessings of the breast and womb.
26Your father’s blessings are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, than
n the bounty of the age-old hills. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among
o his brothers.
27“
Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”
Levi and josheph did not inherit a portion of land instead that went to Joseph's sons and Levites lived in the whole land as priests. therefore:
- Tribe of Reuben - R
- Tribe of Simeon - S
- Tribe of Manasah - M
- Tribe of Judah - J L (lion?)
- Tribe of Issachar - I
- Tribe of Zebulun - Z
- Tribe of Dan - D
- Tribe of Naphtali - N
- Tribe of Gad - G
- Tribe of Asher - A
- Tribe of Ephriham - E
- Tribe of Benjamin -B K (wolf)
The letter left over are C F H L N O P Q T
Therefore God could have been able to shine each stone or perhaps letter to communicate anything.
Any idea's about this?
Also Josephus said:
And the High Priest Caiaphas’s most remarkable prophecy, John 11:47–52. as two small remains or specimens of this ancient Oracle; which properly belonged to the Jewish High Priests.
I wonder if one of these remains was that very stone just found and also where the other is now?