Luke 1:8
“And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,”
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
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 office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
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“According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.”
“There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.”
“And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.”
“And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.”
“And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.”