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Luke 1:9

he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

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Luke 1:9 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Chronicles 29:11 (10 votes) and Exodus 30:7–8 (8 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Exodus 30 to Hebrews 10.

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Which verses does Luke 1:9 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:1110 votes

    Now, my sons, do not be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, to minister before Him, and to burn incense.”

  2. Exodus 30:7–88 votes

    And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps. When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn the incense perpetually before the LORD for the generations to come.

  3. 1 Chronicles 23:138 votes

    The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.

  4. Numbers 16:407 votes

    just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his followers.

  5. 1 Samuel 2:286 votes

    And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites.

  6. 2 Chronicles 26:165 votes

    But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

  7. Hebrews 9:65 votes

    When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.

  8. 1 Chronicles 6:494 votes

    But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

  9. Exodus 37:25–291 vote

    He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece. And he overlaid with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns. Then he made a molding of gold around it. …

Which verses point to Luke 1:9?

The 10 strongest of 16.