Luke 1:9
he was chosen by lot according to priestly custom to enter the Temple of the Lord and burn incense.
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In Context
8While Zechariah was serving as a priest before God, on behalf of his priestly division,
10During the time of offering incense a large crowd of people were praying outside.
Cross References
Exodus 30:7Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on the altar every morning when he takes care of the lamps.
Numbers 16:40following the instructions given to him from the Lord through Moses. This was to remind the Israelites that no one who is not a descendant of Aaron should come and offer incense before the Lord, otherwise they could end up like Korah and those with him.
1 Chronicles 6:49However, it was Aaron and his descendants who were the ones who gave offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense and did all the work in the Most Holy Place, making atonement for Israel according to everything Moses the servant of God had commanded.
2 Chronicles 26:16But because he was powerful he became arrogant, and this led to his ruin. For he was unfaithful to the Lord his God, and he himself entered the Lord's Temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.
Hebrews 9:6Once all of this had been set up, the priests would go in regularly to the first room of the Tabernacle to perform their duties.
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 →