Luke 1:9

according to the usage of the priesthood, it fell to him to offer the incense. And he went into the temple of the Lord,

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 occurred, that as he performed the priestly functions in the order of his ministration before the Lord,

10and the whole multitude of the people were praying without, at the time of incense.

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Cross References

Hebrews 9:6And into the outer tabernacle the priests, at all times, entered, and performed their ministration.

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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