Luke 1:8

World English Bible (2000)

Now it happened, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his division,

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 24:19 : 19 This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of Yahweh according to the ordinance [given] to them by Aaron their father, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
  • 2 Chr 8:14 : 14 He appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their divisions at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
  • 2 Chr 31:2 : 2 Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of Yahweh.
  • Luke 1:5 : 5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
  • 2 Chr 31:19 : 19 Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every city, there were men who were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were reckoned by genealogy among the Levites.
  • Ezra 6:18 : 18 They set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
  • 2 Chr 11:14 : 14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest's office to Yahweh;
  • Exod 28:1 : 1 "Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
  • Exod 28:41 : 41 You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
  • Exod 29:1 : 1 "This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to minister to me in the priest's office: take one young bull and two rams without blemish,
  • Exod 29:9 : 9 You shall clothe them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind headbands on them: and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute: and you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.
  • Exod 29:44 : 44 I will sanctify the Tent of Meeting and the altar: Aaron also and his sons I will sanctify, to minister to me in the priest's office.
  • Exod 30:30 : 30 You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
  • Num 18:7 : 7 You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and you shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death."
  • 1 Chr 24:2 : 2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 1:9-26
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    87%

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

    10 The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.

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

    12 Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.

    13 But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

    14 You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

    15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. 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 prepare a people prepared for the Lord."

    18 Zacharias said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."

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

    20 Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn't believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time."

    21 The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.

    22 When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.

    23 It happened, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.

    24 After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,

    25 "Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men."

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

  • Luke 1:5-7
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    5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

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

    7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

  • Luke 1:56-59
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    56 Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.

    57 Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she brought forth a son.

    58 Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.

    59 It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

  • Luke 1:62-67
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    62 They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

    63 He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John." They all marveled.

    64 His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.

    65 Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.

    66 All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.

    67 His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

  • Luke 3:1-2
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    1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

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

  • Luke 1:36
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    36 Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

  • Luke 1:39-41
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    39 Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,

    40 and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.

    41 It happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, that the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 1:74-76
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    73%

    74 to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,

    75 In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

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

  • Luke 2:27-28
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    72%

    27 He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,

    28 then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

  • Luke 1:80
    71%

    80 The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

  • Luke 1:44
    70%

    44 For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!

  • 2 Chr 5:11
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    11 It happened, when the priests were come out of the holy place, (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, and did not keep their divisions;

  • 1 Sam 2:11
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    11 Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to Yahweh before Eli the priest.

  • Luke 2:23
    69%

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

  • Luke 2:6
    68%

    6 It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.

  • Luke 1:32
    67%

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

  • Luke 2:40
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    40 The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.