Commentary for Berakhot 6:30
מיד יועצים באחיתופל ונמלכין בסנהדרין ושואלין באורים ותומים
At once they took counsel with Ahitophel, consulted the Sanhedrin, and inquired of the Urim and Tummim.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
The Jewish Senate, one of whose duties was to decide war. See J. E. XI. p. 41.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Objects connected with the High Priest's breastplate, used as a divine oracle by means of which questions were answered. See J. E. xii. p. 384.
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