Luke 1:9 KJV — MannaFest

Luke 1:9

According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.

KJV

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ASV

according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

WEB

he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

YLT

according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot was to make perfume, having gone into the sanctuary of the Lord,

DBT

it fell to him by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter into the temple of the Lord to burn incense.

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Luke — Luke's 'orderly account' (1:3) follows Jesus from Bethlehem through the long travel narrative to Jerusalem and the Emmaus road.

Author: Luke, beloved physician (Col 4:14), travel-companion of Paul
Date: c. AD 60–62

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Psalms 141:2
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
2 Chronicles 29:11
My sons, be not now negligent: for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.
1 Chronicles 23:13
The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
Exodus 30:7–8
And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
Numbers 16:40
To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.

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Zechariah the prophet was the last of the Old Testament that was conversant with angels, and Zacharias the priest the first in the New Testament. How Zacharias was employed in the service of God (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

), not in the most holy place, into which the high priest entered. The Jews say that one and the same priest burned not incense twice in all his days (there were such a multitude of them), at least never more than one week. It is very probable that this was upon the sabbath day, because there was a multitude of people attending (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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