Luke 1:8

One day Zechariah’s group was doing their work in the Temple in Jerusalem, and he was serving as a priest in God’s presence.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,

In Context

7But they had no children, because Elizabeth had been unable to bear children. Furthermore, she and her husband were very old.

9Following their custom, the other priests chose him by lot to enter the Lord’s temple and burn incense.

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Cross References

Exodus 28:41Put these clothes on your older brother Aaron and on his sons. Then ◄set them apart/dedicate them► for this work by anointing them with olive oil, in order that they may serve me by being priests.

Exodus 29:9Put the sashes/waistbands around their waists and the caps on their heads. That is the ritual by which you are to ◄dedicate them/set them apart► to be priests. Aaron and his male descendants must serve me by being priests forever.

Exodus 30:30And anoint Aaron and his sons. By doing that, you will dedicate them to serve me by being priests.

1 Chronicles 24:2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father died, and they had no children. So their younger brothers Eleazar and Ithamar became the priests.

2 Chronicles 8:14Obeying what his father David had commanded, he appointed the groups of priests for their work, and he appointed the descendants of Levi to lead the people while they sang to praise Yahweh and while they assisted the priests in their daily work. He also appointed groups of them to guard all the gates, because that was also what David, the man who pleased God very well, had commanded.

2 Chronicles 31:2Hezekiah divided the priests and other descendants of Levi into groups. He appointed some of the groups to offer sacrifices that would be completely burned on the altar and offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. He appointed some groups to do other work at the temple: some to lead the people in their worship, some to thank Yahweh, and some to sing songs to praise to Yahweh at the gates of the temple.

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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