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Luke 1:8
Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,
Luke 1:8 · Bible in Basic English
Luke 1:8 in other translations
And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,
One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
Now while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his division
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In context
5 In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
6 They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.
7 And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.
8 Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,
9 And as was the way of the priests, he had to go into the Temple to see to the burning of perfumes.
10 And all the people were offering prayers outside, at the time of the burning of perfumes.
11 And he saw an angel of the Lord in his place on the right side of the altar.
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