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"Now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,"
— Luke 1:8, NET Bible
“And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,”
“Now it came to pass, while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course, ”
“Now it happened, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his division,”
“And it came to pass, when he executed the priestly function in the order of his course before God,”
“Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,”
“And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,”
Birth Announcement of John the Baptist During the reign of Herod king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and he had a wife named Elizabeth, who was a descendant of Aaron.
They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.
But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.
Now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,
he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the holy place of the Lord and burn incense.
Now the whole crowd of people were praying outside at the hour of the incense offering.
An angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense, appeared to him.