Luke 1:9
according to the custom of his priesthood, it fell to his lot to offer incense, entering into the Temple of the Lord;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
8But it came to pass, as he was doing priestly service in the order of his daily course, before God,
10and, all the throng of the people, was praying outside, at the hour of the incense offering.
Cross References
Exodus 30:7And Aaron shall burn thereon fragrant incense,—morning by morning, when he trimmeth the lamps, shall he burn it;
Numbers 16:40a memorial unto the sons of Israel, That no stranger, who is not of the seed of Aaron, shall draw near to offer incense before Yahweh,—lest he become like Korah and like his assembly, As spake Yahweh by the hand of Moses with regard thereto.
1 Chronicles 6:49But, Aaron and his sons, were to make perfume upon the altar of ascending-sacrifice, and upon the altar of incense, according to all the service of the holy of holies,—even for putting a propitiatory-covering over Israel, according go all that, Moses, the servant of God, commanded.
2 Chronicles 26:16But, when he became strong, uplifted was his heart, unto ruin, for he acted unfaithfully against Yahweh his God,—and entered into the temple of Yahweh, to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
Hebrews 9:6Now, these things having been thus prepared, into the first tent, indeed, continually do the priests enter, the divine services completing;
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 →