Luke 1:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Exod 30:7-8 : 7 And Aaron shall burn on it sweet incense every morning: when he prepares the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. 8 And when Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
  • 1 Chr 23:13 : 13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was set apart, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister to Him, and to bless in His name forever.
  • 2 Chr 29:11 : 11 My sons, do not be negligent now: for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and that you should minister to Him, and burn incense.
  • 1 Sam 2:28 : 28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give to the house of your father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
  • 1 Chr 6:49 : 49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
  • Exod 37:25-29 : 25 And he made the incense altar of acacia wood: its length was a cubit, and its width a cubit; it was square; and two cubits was its height; its horns were of one piece with it. 26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both its top, and its sides all around, and its horns: also he made a gold molding for it all around. 27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the molding, by its two corners, on its two sides, to be holders for the poles to carry it. 28 And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. 29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the art of the perfumer.
  • Num 16:40 : 40 To be a memorial to the children of Israel, that no outsider, who is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he not be like Korah, and like his company: as the LORD said to him through Moses.
  • Heb 9:6 : 6 Now when these things were thus arranged, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, performing the service of God.
  • 2 Chr 26:16 : 16 But when he became strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction. He transgressed against the LORD his God by entering the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

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  • Luke 1:8
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    8 It came to pass, while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division,

  • Luke 1:10-11
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    85%

    10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the time of incense.

    11 An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

  • Lev 16:12-13
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    12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten fine, and bring it within the veil:

    13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he not die:

  • Luke 2:27-28
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    72%

    27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law,

    28 then he took him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

  • Luke 1:5-6
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    5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

    6 They were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

  • Luke 1:23
    71%

    23 As soon as the days of his service were completed, he departed to his own house.

  • 2 Chr 29:11
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    11 My sons, do not be negligent now: for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and that you should minister to Him, and burn incense.

  • Lev 9:16-17
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    16 And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner.

    17 And he brought the grain offering, and took a handful of it, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.

  • Exod 40:27
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    27 And he burned sweet incense upon it, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • 2 Chr 26:18-19
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    18 They confronted King Uzziah and said to him, "It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed! This will not bring you honor from the LORD God."

    19 Then Uzziah was angry, and he held a censer in his hand to burn incense. While he was angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of the LORD, beside the incense altar.

  • Heb 9:6
    70%

    6 Now when these things were thus arranged, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, performing the service of God.

  • Exod 30:7-8
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    7 And Aaron shall burn on it sweet incense every morning: when he prepares the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

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

  • Luke 1:67
    69%

    67 Now his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:

  • Ezek 8:11
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    11 And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.

  • 1 Chr 9:29-30
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    69%

    29 Others were appointed to oversee the vessels, all the instruments of the sanctuary, the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the frankincense, and the spices.

    30 Some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.

  • Luke 1:75-76
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    75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.

    76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,

  • Neh 10:34
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    34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to the houses of our fathers, at the times appointed year by year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:

  • 1 Sam 2:11
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    11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child served the LORD before Eli the priest.

  • 2 Chr 5:11
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    11 And it came to pass, when the priests came out of the holy place (for all the priests that were present had sanctified themselves, and did not wait by order:

  • Neh 13:5
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    5 and he had prepared for him a large room, where previously they had stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil, which were commanded to be given to the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, as well as the offerings for the priests.

  • 1 Chr 6:49
    69%

    49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

  • 2 Chr 26:16
    68%

    16 But when he became strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction. He transgressed against the LORD his God by entering the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

  • Ezek 40:46
    68%

    46 The chamber which faces north is for the priests who have charge of the altar; they are the sons of Zadok, who are from the sons of Levi, who come near to the LORD to minister to Him."

  • 2 Chr 31:2
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    2 And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.

  • Luke 1:15-17
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    15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and will drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

    16 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.

    17 He will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

  • Luke 1:59
    67%

    59 So it was, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him by the name of his father, Zacharias.

  • Luke 4:16
    67%

    16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

  • Rev 8:3-4
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    3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

    4 And the smoke of the incense, along with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel's hand.

  • Num 16:18
    67%

    18 And they took each man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense on them, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.

  • Deut 18:7
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    7 Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before the LORD.

  • Luke 3:2
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    2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

  • Luke 2:22-23
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    22 And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

    23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord)

  • 1 Chr 16:40
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    40 To offer burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;

  • Luke 1:25
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    25 Thus the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked on me, to take away my reproach among people.

  • Num 16:7
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    7 And put fire in them, and put incense in them before the LORD tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD chooses, he shall be holy: you take too much upon you, sons of Levi.

  • Ezra 3:4
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    4 They also kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;

  • Num 7:56
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    56 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: