As was the custom of the priests, he was chosen by lot to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense.

照祭司的规矩掣签，得进主殿烧香。

照祭司的规矩抽签，进到主的殿里烧香。

照祭司的规矩抽签，进到主的殿里烧香。

他们按照祭司的规矩抽签，抽中撒迦利亚到主的殿里去烧香。

照祭司的惯例抽中了签，进入主的圣殿烧香。

照着祭司职务的规矩，抽中了签就进入主的圣所烧香。

照祭司的規矩掣籤，得進主殿燒香。

照祭司的規矩抽籤，進到主的殿裏燒香。

照祭司的規矩抽籤，進到主的殿裏燒香。

他們按照祭司的規矩抽籤，抽中撒迦利亞到主的殿裡去燒香。

照祭司的慣例抽中了籤，進入主的聖殿燒香。

照祭司職任的規矩抓鬮，該進主的殿堂燒香。

照著祭司職務的規矩，抽中了籤就進入主的聖所燒香。

循祭司例掣籤、入主殿焚香、

循祭司例掣籤、得入主殿焚香、

循祭司例掣籤、得入主殿焚香、

循司祭例掣籤、得進聖殿獻香。

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

He happened to be chosen, in the usual way, to go into the temple of the Lord. There he was supposed to burn incense.

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

it happened that he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense.

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

according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot fell to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.

according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

it happened that he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the sanctuary of the Lord and burn incense.

According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.

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

according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

My sons, 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 present offerings to him.”

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.

“ Every morning when Aaron maintains the lamps, he must burn fragrant incense on the altar.And each evening when he lights the lamps, he must again burn incense in the Lord’s presence. This must be done from generation to generation.

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

This would warn the Israelites that no unauthorized person— 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. So the Lord’s instructions to Moses were carried out.

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 doing everything that Moses, the servant of God, had commanded them.

Then Bezalel made the incense altar of acacia wood. It was 18 inches square and 36 inches high, with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself.He overlaid the top, sides, and horns of the altar with pure gold, and he ran a gold molding around the entire altar.He made two gold rings and attached them on opposite sides of the altar below the gold molding to hold the carrying poles.He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.Then he made the sacred anointing oil and the fragrant incense, using the techniques of a 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 incense altar.

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