9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside. 11 Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
Luke 1:9–11
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Luke 1:20–22
20 And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.” 21 Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temp…
Protoevangelium of James 24:1–2
1 But at the hour of greeting, the priests came, and Zechariah didn’t meet them to bless them as was customary. And the priests stood around for Zechariah, waiting to greet him with a blessing and to glorify the Most High God. (PJA) 2 But when he delayed, they were all… (PJA)
Exodus 40:26–28
26 Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil, 27 and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as the LORD had commanded him. 28 Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
Revelation 8:3–5
3 Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints…
2 Chronicles 5:10–12
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1 Esdras 1:1–3
1 Josias held the Passover in Jerusalem to his Lord, and offered the Passover the fourteenth day of the first month, (WEB) 2 having set the priests according to their daily courses, being arrayed in their vestments, in the Lord’s temple. (WEB) 3 He spoke to the Levites, the temp… (WEB)
Acts 3:1–2
1 One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. 2 And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.
Book of Jubilees 4:24–26
24 And on account of it (God) brought the waters of the flood upon all the land of Eden; for there he was set as a sign and that he should testify against all the children of men, that he should recount all the deeds of the generations until the day of condemnat… (JUB)
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