Luke 1:9
According to the custom of the priests' office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
10And the whole multitude of the people were praying without, at the time of incense.
Cross References
Exodus 30:7And Aaron shall burn upon it sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
Numbers 16:40To be a memorial to the children of Israel, that no stranger, who is not of the seed of Aaron, should come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he may not be as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
1 Chronicles 6:49But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt-offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
2 Chronicles 26:16But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
Hebrews 9:6Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God :
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 →