Luke 1:9

according to the custom of the priesthood, he was selected to burn incense when he entered into the temple of the Lord.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.

In Context

8So it was, that while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division,

10And all the multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.

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Cross References

Hebrews 9:6Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first tabernacle, 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 →

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