Luke 1:8-9

Birth of John the Baptist Foretold

⁸ Now _t while he was serving as priest before God when _u his division was on duty, ⁹ according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot _v to enter _w the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

1. Cross References
   1 Chronicles 24:19
   These had as their appointed duty in their service to come into the house of the Lord according to the procedure established for them by Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.
   2 Chronicles 8:14
   According to the ruling of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their offices of praise and ministry before the priests as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers in their divisions at each gate, for so David the man of God had commanded.
   2 Chronicles 31:2
   And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, division by division, each according to his service, the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and peace offerings, to minister in the gates of the camp of the Lord and to give thanks and praise.
   Luke 1:23
   And when his time of service was ended, he went to his home.
   
2. Cross References
   Luke 1:5
   In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
   
3. Cross References
   Exodus 30:7 - 8
   And Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it.
   1 Samuel 2:28
   Did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? I gave to the house of your father all my offerings by fire from the people of Israel.
   1 Chronicles 23:13
   The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart to dedicate the most holy things, that he and his sons forever should make offerings before the Lord and minister to him and pronounce blessings in his name forever.
   2 Chronicles 29:11
   My sons, do not now be negligent, for the Lord has chosen you to stand in his presence, to minister to him and to be his ministers and make offerings to him.
   
4. Cross References
   Luke 1:21 - 22
   And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they were wondering at his delay in the temple.
   Revelation 11:2
   But do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
   Revelation 11:19
   Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.
   Hebrews 9:2 - 3
   For a tent was prepared, the first section, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence. It is called the Holy Place.