In accordance with the belief that Urim and Thummim translates to "Light and Truth", the Latin equivalent Lux et Veritas has been used for several university mottoes. For example, Lux et Veritas is the motto of Indiana University and the University of Montana. Similarly, Northeastern University's motto is Lux, Veritas, Virtus ("Light, Truth, Virtue"). Urim and Thummim itself is emblazoned in Hebrew across the open book pictured on the Yale University coat of arms, and the translation Lux et Veritas appears below on a banner.[38]
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Yale started as a religious university with heavy emphasis on Hebrew and Greek languages so that they could understand the original copies of the bible better. The Hebrew in the coat of arms is the same as their Latin motto, Light and Truth, and was used because Hebrew was a required course at the original school.