Luke 1:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,

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  • 1 Chr 24:19 : 19 So they were put into their different groups, to take their places in the house of the Lord, in agreement with the rules made by Aaron their father, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had given him orders.
  • 2 Chr 8:14 : 14 And he gave the divisions of the priests their places for their work, as ordered by his father David, and to the Levites he gave their work of praise and waiting on the priests, to do what was needed day by day; and he gave the door-keepers their places in turn at every door; for so David, the man of God, had given orders.
  • 2 Chr 31:2 : 2 Then Hezekiah put in order the divisions of the priests and Levites, every man in his division, in relation to his work, for the burned offerings and peace-offerings, and for the ordering of worship and for giving praise at the doors of the Lord's house.
  • Luke 1:5 : 5 In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
  • 2 Chr 31:19 : 19 And as for the sons of Aaron, the priests, living in the country on the outskirts of their towns, every different town there were men, marked out by name, to give their part of the goods to all the males among the priests, and to all who were listed among the Levites.
  • Ezra 6:18 : 18 And they put the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their order, for the worship of God at Jerusalem; as it is recorded in the book of Moses.
  • 2 Chr 11:14 : 14 For the Levites gave up their living-places and their property, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had sent them away, not letting them be priests to the Lord;
  • Exod 28:1 : 1 Now let Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, come near from among the children of Israel, so that they may be my priests, even Aaron, and Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, his sons.
  • Exod 28:41 : 41 These you are to put on Aaron, your brother, and on his sons, putting oil on them, separating them and making them holy, to do the work of priests to me.
  • Exod 29:1 : 1 This is what you are to do to make them holy, to do the work of priests to me: Take one young ox and two male sheep, without any mark on them,
  • Exod 29:9 : 9 And put the linen bands round Aaron and his sons, and the head-dresses on them, to make them priests by my order for ever: so you are to make Aaron and his sons holy to me.
  • Exod 29:44 : 44 I will make holy the Tent of meeting and the altar: and Aaron and his sons I will make holy, to be my priests
  • Exod 30:30 : 30 And put the oil on Aaron and his sons, making them holy to do the work of priests to me.
  • Num 18:7 : 7 And you and your sons with you are to be responsible as priests for the altar and everything on it, and everything inside the veil; you are to do the work of priests; I have given you your position as priests; and any other man who comes near will be put to death.
  • 1 Chr 24:2 : 2 But Nadab and Abihu came to their end before their father, and had no children; so Eleazar and Ithamar did the work of priests.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 1:9-26
    18 verses
    87%

    9 And as was the way of the priests, he had to go into the Temple to see to the burning of perfumes.

    10 And all the people were offering prayers outside, at the time of the burning of perfumes.

    11 And he saw an angel of the Lord in his place on the right side of the altar.

    12 And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear came on him.

    13 But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

    14 And you will be glad and have great delight; and numbers of people will have joy at his birth.

    15 For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth.

    16 And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.

    17 And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.

    18 And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.

    19 And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

    20 Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.

    21 And the people were waiting for Zacharias and were surprised because he was in the Temple for such a long time.

    22 And when he came out he was not able to say anything, and they saw that he had seen a vision in the Temple; and he was making signs to them without words.

    23 And when the days of his work in the Temple were ended, he went back to his house.

    24 After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was to become a mother, kept herself from men's eyes for five months, saying,

    25 The Lord has done this to me, for his eyes were on me, to take away my shame in the eyes of men.

    26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee, named Nazareth,

  • Luke 1:5-7
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    5 In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

    6 They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

    7 And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.

  • Luke 1:56-59
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    56 And Mary was with her for about three months and then went back to her house.

    57 Now it was time for Elisabeth to give birth, and she had a son.

    58 And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.

    59 And on the eighth day they came to see to the circumcision of the child, and they would have given him the name of Zacharias, his father's name;

  • Luke 1:62-67
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    62 And they made signs to his father, to say what name was to be given to him.

    63 And he sent for writing materials and put down: His name is John; and they were all surprised.

    64 And straight away his mouth was open and his tongue was free and he gave praise to God.

    65 And fear came on all those who were living round about them: and there was much talk about all these things in all the hill-country of Judaea.

    66 And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.

    67 And his father, Zacharias, was full of the Holy Spirit, and with the voice of a prophet said these words:

  • Luke 3:1-2
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    1 Now in the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being ruler of Judaea, and Herod being king of Galilee, his brother Philip king of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias king of Abilene,

    2 When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of the Lord came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the waste land.

  • Luke 1:36
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    36 Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the sixth month with her who was without children.

  • Luke 1:39-41
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    39 Then Mary got up and went quickly into the high lands, to a town of Judah;

    40 And went into the house of Zacharias and took Elisabeth in her arms.

    41 And when the voice of Mary came to the ears of Elisabeth, the baby made a sudden move inside her; then Elisabeth was full of the Holy Spirit,

  • Luke 1:74-76
    3 verses
    73%

    74 That we, being made free from the fear of those who are against us, might give him worship,

    75 In righteousness and holy living before him all our days.

    76 And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

  • Luke 2:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27 And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and when the father and mother came in with the child Jesus, to do with him what was ordered by the law,

    28 Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said,

  • Luke 1:80
    71%

    80 And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day when he came before the eyes of Israel.

  • Luke 1:44
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    44 For, truly, when the sound of your voice came to my ears, the baby in my body made a sudden move for joy.

  • 2 Chr 5:11
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    11 Now when the priests had come out of the holy place, (for all the priests who were present had made themselves holy, not keeping to their divisions;

  • 1 Sam 2:11
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    11 Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.

  • Luke 2:23
    69%

    23 (As it says in the law of the Lord, Every mother's first male child is to be holy to the Lord),

  • Luke 2:6
    68%

    6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.

  • Luke 1:32
    67%

    32 He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:

  • Luke 2:40
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    40 And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.