Luke.1.8

Luke 1:8

KJV

And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,

Gabriel Foretells John’s Birth

Cross References

1 Chronicles 24:19

KJV

These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the Lord, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.

Twenty-Four Divisions of Priests

2 Chronicles 8:14

KJV

¶ And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

Solomon’s Additional Achievements

2 Chronicles 31:2

KJV

¶ And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the Lord.

The Destruction of Idols

Luke 1:7

KJV

And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.