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41 Then Saul prayed to the Lord, Israel's God. He said, ‘Please show us who has done this sin. Let the special stones, Urim and Thummim, show who has done it.’[a] The stones chose Jonathan and Saul. They did not choose the soldiers of the army.

42 Then Saul said, ‘Let the stones show whether it was Jonathan or me.’ The stones chose Jonathan.

43 Saul said to Jonathan, ‘Tell me what you have done.’

Jonathan told him, ‘I pushed the end of my stick into some honey. I ate a little bit. You have said that I must die.’

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  1. 14:41 The Urim and Thummim were special stones that the priest used. God used them to show the people what was right.