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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Luke 1:9 - 1:9
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his lot was to burn incense - The part assigned to each priest in his week of service was decided by lot. Three were employed at the offering of incense - to remove the ashes of the former service; to bring in and place on the golden altar the pan filled with hot burning coals taken from the altar of burnt offering; and to sprinkle the incense on the hot coals; and, while the smoke of it ascended, to make intercession for the people. This was the most distinguished part of the service (Rev 8:3), and this was what fell to the lot of Zacharias at this time [Lightfoot].