Luke 1:9

according to the custom of the priesthood he came to set on incense, and entered into the temple of the Lord.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

8But it was while he was acting-as-priest in the order of his ministry before Aloha,

10And all the congregation of the people were praying without at the time of incense.

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Cross References

Hebrews 9:6Now, into the outer sanctuary at all times entered the priests, and fulfilled their offices;

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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