Luke 1:9

it fell to his lot--according to the custom of the priesthood--to go into the Sanctuary of the Lord and burn the incense;

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

8Now while he was doing priestly duty before God in the prescribed course of his class,

10and the whole multitude of the people were outside praying, at the hour of incense.

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Cross References

Hebrews 9:6These arrangements having long been completed, the priests, when conducting the divine services, continually enter the outer tent.

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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