And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well advanced in years.

So it was, that while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division, according to the custom of the priesthood, [a]his lot fell (A)to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 1:9 he was chosen by lot

Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.(A) But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.

Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,(B) he was chosen by lot,(C) according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.(D)

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