Luke 1:9
According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
KJV
κατὰ τὸ ἔθος τῆς ἱερατείας ἔλαχε τοῦ θυμιᾶσαι εἰσελθὼν εἰς τὸν ναὸν τοῦ κυρίου,
Greek NT
secundum consuetudinem sacerdotii, sorte exiit ut incensum poneret, ingressus in templum Domini :
Vulgate
according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
ASV
According to the custom of the priestly office, it was his lot to offer incense, going into the temple of the Lord.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἰσέρχομαι
eiserchomai
verb · 195×
θυμιάω
thumiao
verb · 1×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λαγχάνω
lagchano
verb · 4×
ναός
naos
noun · 45×
ἔθος
ethos
noun · 12×
ἱερατεία
ierateia
noun · 2×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 6:49 — But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, accor
- 1Chr 23:13 — The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless
- 1Sam 2:28 — And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerin
- 2Chr 26:16 — But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
- 2Chr 29:11 — My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.
- Exod 30:7 — And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
- Exod 30:7 — And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
- Exod 37:25 — And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
- Heb 9:6 — Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
- Heb 10:11 — And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
- Num 16:40 — To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD
- Ps 141:2 — Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.