Luke 1:8 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

⁸ One day Zechariah's group of priests were on duty, and he was serving God as a priest.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Now while on duty, serving as priest before God in the order of his division,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Now it came to pass, while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,

Common English Bible

⁸ One day Zechariah was serving as a priest before God because his priestly division was on duty.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Then it happened that, when he was exercising the priesthood before God, in the order of his section,

Luke 1:8 Tagairtí Cros

1 Chronicles 24:19

These men were assigned their duties at the temple, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded their ancestor Aaron.

1 Chronicles 24:2

But Nadab and Abihu died long before their father, without having any sons. That's why Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

2 Chronicles 11:14

And since Jeroboam and the kings of Israel that followed him would not allow any Levites to serve as priests, most Levites left their towns and pasturelands in Israel and moved to Jerusalem and other towns in Judah.

2 Chronicles 31:19

Hezekiah also appointed other men to take food and supplies to the priests and Levites whose homes were in the pastureland around the towns of Judah. But the priests had to be descendants of Aaron, and the Levites had to be listed in the official records.

2 Chronicles 31:2

Hezekiah divided the priests and Levites into groups, according to their duties. Then he assigned them the responsibilities of offering sacrifices to please the Lord and sacrifices to ask his blessing. He also appointed people to serve at the temple and to sing praises at the temple gates.

2 Chronicles 8:14

Solomon then assigned the priests and the Levites their duties at the temple, and he followed the instructions that his father, the man of God, had given him. Some of the Levites were to lead music and help the priests in their duties, and others were to guard the temple gates

Ezra 6:18

Then the priests and Levites were assigned their duties in God's temple in Jerusalem, according to the instructions Moses had written.

Exodus 28:1

Send for your brother Aaron and his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. They are the ones I have chosen from Israel to serve as my priests.

Exodus 28:41

Then dress Aaron and his sons in these clothes, pour olive oil on their heads, and ordain them as my priests.

Exodus 29:1

When you ordain Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests, choose a young bull and two rams that have nothing wrong with them.

Exodus 29:44

Because of who I am, the tent will become sacred, and Aaron and his sons will become worthy to serve as my priests.

Exodus 29:9

caps, and sashes, then ordain them, because they and their descendants will always be priests.

Exodus 30:30

When you ordain Aaron and his sons as my priests, sprinkle them with some of this oil,

Numbers 18:7

But only you and your sons can serve as priests at the altar and in the most holy place. Your work as priests is a gift from me, and anyone else who tries to do that work must be put to death.

Luke 1:5

When Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest by the name of Zechariah from the priestly group of Abijah. His wife Elizabeth was from the family of Aaron.

Luke 1:7

But they did not have children. Elizabeth could not have any, and both Zechariah and Elizabeth were already old.