(1) divine utterances, as those by Urim and Thummim and the ephod of the high priest: 1Sa 23:9; 1Sa 30:7-8.
(2) The place where they were given (2Sa 16:23; 1Ki 6:16), "the most holy place." In the New Testament the Spirit-inspired Scriptures (Rom 3:2; Heb 5:12; 1Pe 4:11) of the Old Testament are so called. Others translated, "let him speak as (becomes one speaking) oracles of God," which designates the New Testament words (afterward written) of inspired men by the same term as was applied to the Old Testament Scriptures; in the Greek there is no article. The pagan "oracles" ceased when Christianity supplanted paganism. Paul’s casting out "the spirit of pithon" (divination) implies that the ancient oracles were not always imposture, but were sometimes energized by Satanic powers (Act 16:16).
Oracles are the divine revelations given to God’s people. God’s method of communicating these oracles varied from dreams and visions (Num 12:6-8), to wisdom (Pro 30:1), and even the Urim and Thummim (Num 27:21; 1 Sam. 14:337).1