Luke 1:9
according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot was to make incense, having gone into the temple of the LORD,
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In Context
8And it came to pass, in his acting as priest, in the order of his division before God,
10and all the multitude of the people were praying outside, at the hour of the incense.
Cross References
Exodus 30:7And Aaron has made incense on it, incense of spices, morning by morning; in his making the lamps right, he makes incense [on] it,
Numbers 16:40a memorial to the sons of Israel, so that a stranger who is not of the seed of Aaron does not draw near to make incense before YHWH, and is not as Korah and as his congregation, as YHWH has spoken by the hand of Moses to him.
1 Chronicles 6:49And Aaron and his sons are making incense on the altar of the burnt-offering, and on the altar of the incense, for all the work of the Holy of Holies, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses servant of God commanded.
2 Chronicles 26:16And at his being strong his heart has been high to destruction, and he trespasses against his God YHWH, and goes into the temple of YHWH to make incense on the altar of incense.
Hebrews 9:6And these things having been thus prepared, into the first dwelling place, indeed, the priests go in at all times, performing 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 →