Luke 1:8

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Now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,

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  • 1 Chr 24:19 : 19 This was the order in which they carried out their assigned responsibilities when they entered the LORD’s temple, according to the regulations given them by their ancestor Aaron, just as the LORD God of Israel had instructed him.
  • 2 Chr 8:14 : 14 As his father David had decreed, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. This was what David the man of God had ordered.
  • 2 Chr 31:2 : 2 The People Contribute to the Temple Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks– to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the LORD’s sanctuary.
  • Luke 1:5 : 5 Birth Announcement of John the Baptist During the reign of Herod king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and he had a wife named Elizabeth, who was a descendant of Aaron.
  • 2 Chr 31:19 : 19 As for the descendants of Aaron, the priests who lived in the outskirts of all their cities, men were assigned to disburse portions to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed in the genealogical records.
  • Ezra 6:18 : 18 They appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their divisions over the worship of God at Jerusalem, in accord with the book of Moses.
  • 2 Chr 11:14 : 14 The Levites even left their pasturelands and their property behind and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons prohibited them from serving as the LORD’s priests.
  • Exod 28:1 : 1 The Clothing of the Priests“And you, bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons with him from among the Israelites, so that they may minister as my priests– Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
  • Exod 28:41 : 41 “You are to clothe them– your brother Aaron and his sons with him– and anoint them and ordain them and set them apart as holy, so that they may minister as my priests.
  • Exod 29:1 : 1 The Consecration of Aaron and His Sons“Now this is what you are to do for them to consecrate them so that they may minister as my priests. Take a young bull and two rams without blemish;
  • Exod 29:9 : 9 and wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and put headbands on them, and so the ministry of priesthood will belong to them by a perpetual ordinance. Thus you are to consecrate Aaron and his sons.
  • Exod 29:44 : 44 “So I will set apart as holy the tent of meeting and the altar, and I will set apart as holy Aaron and his sons, that they may minister as priests to me.
  • Exod 30:30 : 30 “You are to anoint Aaron and his sons and sanctify them, so that they may minister as my priests.
  • Num 18:7 : 7 But you and your sons with you are responsible for your priestly duties, for everything at the altar and within the curtain. And you must serve. I give you the priesthood as a gift for service, but the unauthorized person who approaches must be put to death.”
  • 1 Chr 24:2 : 2 Nadab and Abihu died before their father did; they had no sons. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

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  • Luke 1:9-26
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    9he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the holy place of the Lord and burn incense.

    10Now the whole crowd of people were praying outside at the hour of the incense offering.

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

    12And Zechariah, visibly shaken when he saw the angel, was seized with fear.

    13But the angel said to him,“Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John.

    14Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

    15for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

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

    17And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”

    18Zechariah said to the angel,“How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well.”

    19The angel answered him,“I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

    20And now, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time, you will be silent, unable to speak, until the day these things take place.”

    21Now the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they began to wonder why he was delayed in the holy place.

    22When he came out, he was not able to speak to them. They realized that he had seen a vision in the holy place, because he was making signs to them and remained unable to speak.

    23When his time of service was over, he went to his home.

    24After some time his wife Elizabeth became pregnant, and for five months she kept herself in seclusion. She said,

    25“This is what the Lord has done for me at the time when he has been gracious to me, to take away my disgrace among people.”

    26Birth Announcement of Jesus the Messiah In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,

  • Luke 1:5-7
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    5Birth Announcement of John the Baptist During the reign of Herod king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and he had a wife named Elizabeth, who was a descendant of Aaron.

    6They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.

    7But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.

  • Luke 1:56-59
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    56So Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then returned to her home.

    57The Birth of John Now the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son.

    58Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

    59On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father.

  • Luke 1:62-67
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    62So they made signs to the baby’s father, inquiring what he wanted to name his son.

    63He asked for a writing tablet and wrote,“His name is John.” And they were all amazed.

    64Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue released, and he spoke, blessing God.

    65All their neighbors were filled with fear, and throughout the entire hill country of Judea all these things were talked about.

    66All who heard these things kept them in their hearts, saying,“What then will this child be?” For the Lord’s hand was indeed with him.

    67Zechariah’s Praise and Prediction Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied,

  • Luke 3:1-2
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    1The Ministry of John the Baptist In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,

    2during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

  • Luke 1:36
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    36“And look, your relative Elizabeth has also become pregnant with a son in her old age– although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month!

  • Luke 1:39-41
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    39Mary and Elizabeth In those days Mary got up and went hurriedly into the hill country, to a town of Judah,

    40and entered Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth.

    41When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 1:74-76
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    74that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, may serve him without fear,

    75in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live.

    76And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

  • Luke 2:27-28
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    27So Simeon, directed by the Spirit, came into the temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law,

    28Simeon took him in his arms and blessed God, saying,

  • Luke 1:80
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    80And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel.

  • Luke 1:44
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    44For the instant the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

  • 2 Chr 5:11
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    11The priests left the holy place. All the priests who participated had consecrated themselves, no matter which division they represented.

  • 1 Sam 2:11
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    11Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. Eli’s Sons Misuse Their Sacred OfficeThe boy was serving the LORD with the favor of Eli the priest.

  • Luke 2:23
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    23(just as it is written in the law of the Lord,“Every firstborn male will be set apart to the Lord”),

  • Luke 2:6
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    6While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.

  • Luke 1:32
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    32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

  • Luke 2:40
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    40And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.