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

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