Luke 1:9

according to the custom of dividing the office of the priests, that it fell to his lot to burn incense, entring into the temple of the Lord:

1770 John Worsley NT

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 came to pass, while he was in the order of his course performing the priest's office before God,

10and all the people were praying without at the time of offering incense.

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Cross References

Hebrews 9:6Now these things being thus disposed, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle to perform their daily services:

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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