Luke 1:8

Modern English Version

Now while he served as priest before God, when his division was on duty,

Cross References

1 Chronicles 24:19

These were their appointments for their service to come into the house of the Lord according to the schedule prescribed for them by Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.

1 Chronicles 24:2

But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

2 Chronicles 11:14

For the Levites left their pasturelands and properties, and they traveled to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his sons excluded them from serving as priests to the Lord.

2 Chronicles 31:19

Also for the sons of Aaron, the priests, who were in the fields of common land of their cities, there were men in each city who were designated by name to allocate portions to every male among the priests and to everyone who was registered by genealogy among the Levites.

2 Chronicles 31:2

And Hezekiah set up the divisions of the priests and Levites according to their divisions, each man as he worked among the priests and Levites for burnt and fellowship offerings, to serve, give thanks, and offer praise at the gates of the camp of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 8:14

According to the ruling of David his father, he set the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their function to praise and serve before the priests according to the daily duty, and even the gatekeepers for their divisions at each gate, for this was the commandment of David the man of God.

Ezra 6:18

They appointed the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their orders for the service of God in Jerusalem, as it had been written in the Book of Moses.

Exodus 28:1

And bring near to yourself Aaron, your brother, and his sons with him from among the Israelites, so that they may minister to Me as priests —Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

Exodus 28:41

You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to Me as priests.

Exodus 29:1

Now this is the thing that you shall do to them to consecrate them, to minister as priests to Me: Take one young bull and two rams without blemish,

Exodus 29:44

I will sanctify the tent of meeting and the altar. I will also sanctify both Aaron and his sons to minister as priests to Me.

Exodus 29:9

You shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put the headbands on them, and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute. Thus you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.

Exodus 30:30

You must anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them, so that they may minister as priests to Me.

Numbers 18:7

And you and your sons with you will attend to your priesthood for everything at the altar, and within the veil, and you will serve. I have given your priesthood to you as a gift service, and the foreigner that comes near will be put to death.

Luke 1:5

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Luke 1:7

But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were now well advanced in years.