Luke 1:9 Cross References

Luke 1:9

9: As was the custom of the priests, he was chosen by lot to enter the sanctuary and burn incense in the Lord's presence.

My dear Levites, do not neglect your duties any longer! The LORD has chosen you to stand in his presence, to minister to him, and to lead the people in worship and make offerings to him."

"Every morning when Aaron trims the lamps, he must burn fragrant incense on the altar.
And each evening when he tends to the lamps, he must again burn incense in the LORD's presence. This must be done from generation to generation.

The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart to dedicate the most holy things, to offer sacrifices in the LORD's presence, to serve the LORD, and to pronounce blessings in his name forever.

I chose your ancestor Aaron from among all his relatives to be my priest, to offer sacrifices on my altar, to burn incense, and to wear the priestly garments as he served me. And I assigned the sacrificial offerings to you priests.

Only Aaron and his descendants served as priests. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense, and they performed all the other duties related to the Most Holy Place. They made atonement for Israel by following all the commands that Moses, the servant of God, had given them.

The incense altar was made of acacia wood. It was eighteen inches square and three feet high, with its corner horns made from the same piece of wood as the altar itself.
He overlaid the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold and ran a gold molding around the edge.
Two gold rings were placed on opposite sides, beneath the molding, to hold the carrying poles.
The carrying poles were made of acacia wood and were overlaid with gold.
Then he made the sacred oil, for anointing the priests, and the fragrant incense, using the techniques of the most skilled incense maker.

But when he had become powerful, he also became proud, which led to his downfall. He sinned against the LORD his God by entering the sanctuary of the LORD's Temple and personally burning incense on the altar.

This would warn the Israelites that no unauthorized man--no one who was not a descendant of Aaron--should ever enter the LORD's presence to burn incense. If anyone did, the same thing would happen to him as happened to Korah and his followers. Thus, the LORD's instructions to Moses were carried out.

When these things were all in place, the priests went in and out of the first room regularly as they performed their religious duties.

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