Luke 1:9
it fell to him by lot, in accordance with the practice among the priests, to go into the Temple of the Lord and burn incense;
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In Context
8One day, when Zechariah was officiating as priest before God, during the turn of his division,
10and, as it was the Hour of Incense, the people were all praying outside.
Cross References
Hebrews 9:6Such, then, was the arrangement of the tent. Into the outer part priests are constantly going, in the discharge of their sacred 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 →