Luke 1:9

According to the minhag (custom) of the kehunah, Zecharyah was chosen by lot to enter the Beis Hamikdash and to offer ketoret (incense). + 1:9 Ex 30:7,8; 1Chr 23:13; 2Chr 29:11; Ps 141:2

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

8And it came to pass in the performance of his avodas kodesh sherut as a kohen before Hashem in the appointed order of his division, + 1:8 1Chr 24:19; 2Chr 8:14

10And when the hour of the offering of the ketoret came, all the multitude were davening outside. + 1:10 Lv 16:17

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Cross References

Exodus 30:7And Aharon shall burn thereon spice ketoret every boker; when he cleaneth the nerot (lamps), he shall burn it.

1 Chronicles 6:49And the Bnei Yisroel gave to the Levi'im these towns with their migrashim.

2 Chronicles 26:16But when he became powerful, his lev was lifted up to his downfall, for he was unfaithful against Hashem Elohav, and he entered into the Heikhal Hashem to burn ketoret upon the Mizbe'ach HaKetoret.

Hebrews 9:6Now these things having been prepared, the kohanim go continually into the Mishkan, the hachitzon (the outer one), performing the avodas kodesh sherut.

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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