the LORD. Jehovah. Punctuate thus: "Saul said unto Jehovah: `O God of Israel' ", &c.
Give. perfect lot. Give perfections: i.e. Thummim. See Exodus 28:30. There is evidently. Homceoteleuton (App-6) here. The scribes, having written the word "Israel", went forward to the word "Israel "a line or two farther on, and omitted the words between, which are preserved in two ancient versions, older than any Hebrew manuscript extant. These omitted words are enclosed within brackets below, in the translation given of the Septuagint version:-" LORD God of Israel, [Why hast thou not answered Thy servant this day? Is the iniquity in me, or in Jonathan my son? LORD God of Israel, Give clear [manifestation, i.e. Urim]; and if [the lot] should declare this, give,. pray Thee, to Thy People Israel, give,. pray, holiness" (i.e. Thummim, a perfect lot). The Hebrew (unpointed) thamim (perfect) would thus have been Thummim.