he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
Cross References
Exodus 30:7And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.
Matthew 27:5So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
Treasury of Scripture
According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
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Exodus 30:7,8
And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it…
Exodus 37:25-29
And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same…
Numbers 16:40
To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
