Luke 1:8

Luke chapter 1 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

Now it came to pass, while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,

King James Version · 1611

And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,

American Standard Version · 1901

Now it came to pass, while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,

v.7And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

v.8This passage

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

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Luke 1:5
There was in the days of Herod, king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
2 Chronicles 11:14
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 unto Jehovah;
Exodus 29:44
And I will sanctify the tent of meeting, and the altar: Aaron also and his sons will I sanctify, to minister to me in the priest’s office.
Ezra 6:18
And 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.
Exodus 29:9
And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind head-tires on them: and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
Numbers 18:7
And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and ye shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.