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according to the custom of the priest`s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
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A Once-in-a-Lifetime Honor
Commentators explain that due to the large number of priests, being chosen by lot to burn incense in the Holy Place was an honor a priest would likely experience only once. This wasn't just another day at work for Zechariah; it was the climactic moment of his priestly service, the very moment God chose to intervene.
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His lot was (ελαχε). Literally,
he obtained the lot . Second aorist active indicative of λαγχανω, to obtai…
19th Century
Anglican
His lot was to burn incense.—The order of the priestly courses, as has been said, was one of rotation. The distribution of functio…
Baptist
And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course, according to the custom of the priest's …
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The “division” (GK 2389) was one of twenty-four groups of priests divided by families and structured after the pattern of 1Ch 23 and 24 (cf. [Refer…
16th Century
Protestant
According to the custom of the priest’s office. The law commanded that incense should be offered twice every day, that is, every morning a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
According to the custom of the priest's office In which, every man took his part in the execution of it by lot; and …
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Presbyterian
The father and mother of John the Baptist were sinners, as all are, and were justified and saved in the same way as others; but they were distingui…
