Luke 1:9
that, according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to burn incense after entering into the temple of the Lord.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
10And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.
Cross References
Exodus 30:7And Aaron shall burn in it incense of sweet spices. Every morning, when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn it.
Numbers 16:40to be a memorial to the sons of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before LORD, that he not be as Korah, and as his company, as LORD spoke to him by Moses.
1 Chronicles 6:49But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt-offering, and upon the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded
2 Chronicles 26:16But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against LORD his God. For he went into the temple of LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
Hebrews 9:6And these things thus having been prepared, the priests indeed enter into the first part of the tabernacle continually, accomplishing the services.
Matthew Henry on Luke 1:6-26
The Appearance of an Angel to Zacharias; The Birth of John Foretold; The Unbelief of Zacharias. 5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. 8 And it came to… Read the whole commentary →