Luke 1:9

after the custom of the priesthood, he went forth by lot, and entered into the temple [of the Lord], to (offer the) incense.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 befell, that when Zacharias should do the office of priesthood, in the order of his course before God, (And it befell, that when Zechariah should do the duties of the priesthood, by the order of his course before God,)

10And all the multitude of the people was withoutforth, and prayed in the hour of incensing. (And a great multitude of people were outside, and prayed during the hour of incense.)

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Cross References

Exodus 30:7And Aaron shall burn thereon incense smelling sweetly early (or And early each day, Aaron shall burn sweet smelling incense on it); when he shall array the lanterns, he shall burn it;

Numbers 16:40that the sons of Israel should have those censers with them afterward, by which they should remember this great vengeance of God, lest any alien, and which is not of the seed of Aaron, nigh to offer incense to the Lord; lest he suffer, as Korah suffered, and all his multitude, while the Lord spake to Moses. (so that the Israelites would have those censers with them afterward, by which they would remember this great vengeance of God, lest any stranger, who is not of Aaron’s descendants, come near to offer incense to the Lord; for then he would suffer, like Korah and all his fellows had suffered; all of this was done as the Lord commanded to Eleazar, through Moses.)

1 Chronicles 6:49Forsooth Aaron and his sons burnt incense upon the altar of brunt sacrifices, and upon the altar of incense, into all the work of the holy of holy things; and that they should pray for Israel, by all things which Moses, the servant of God, commanded, (or and they prayed for Israel, following the commands which Moses, the servant of God, had given).

2 Chronicles 26:16But when he was made strong, his heart was raised up into his perishing; and he despised the Lord his God (or for he defied the Lord his God); and he entered into the temple of the Lord, and would burn incense upon the altar of incense.

Hebrews 9:6But when these were made thus together, priests entered (for)evermore in (to) the former tabernacle, (or the priests always went into the first tabernacle or tent), doing the offices of (the) sacrifices;

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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