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.

According {G2596} to the custom {G1485} of the priest's office {G2405}, his lot {G2975} was to burn incense {G2370} when he went {G1525} into {G1519} the temple {G3485} of the Lord {G2962}.

he was chosen by lot (according to the custom among the cohanim) to enter the Temple and burn incense.

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

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

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • 2 Chronicles 29:11 (6 votes)

    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 (5 votes)

    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 (5 votes)

    And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

  • Exodus 30:8 (5 votes)

    And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.

  • Numbers 16:40 (3 votes)

    [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.

  • 1 Samuel 2:28 (3 votes)

    And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel [to be] my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?

  • 2 Chronicles 26:16 (2 votes)

    ¶ But 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.