The Urim and Thummim, in Mormonism, refers to instruments used in receiving revelation and translating unknown tongues. Joseph Smith used a Urim and Thummim to translate The Golden Plates and receive revelations from the Lord. The term Urim and Thummim does not always refer to one specific instrument, and is many times the name given to different objects, but each accomplish the same purpose. The names in Hebrew mean "lights and perfections." The plural nature of both words had led some Biblical scholars to believe that Urim and Thummim refer to the process of divination rather than an object, but the use of the word in Mormonism is singular and indicates a device through which revelation is received.