Luk 1:9. Ἔλαχε, he was allotted the office) The functions of the priests were distributed by lot.[5]-τοῦ θυμιάσαι, of burning incense) Exo 30:1, etc.
[5] This was so, according to S. R. D. Crusius, Hypomn. P. I., p. 41, partly for the sake of order, partly to avoid contentions. Comp. 1Ch 24:4-5.-E. B.