And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,
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Bede
AD 735
It was not by a new lot that he was chosen when the incense was to be burnt, but bythe old lot, whereby according to the order of his Priesthood he succeeded in the course ofAbia. It follows, And all the multitude of the people Incense was ordered to be carried into the Holy of Holies by the High Priest, the whole people waiting without the temple. It was to be on the tenth day of the seventh month, and this day was to be called the day of expiation or propitiation, the mystery of which day the Apostle explaining to the Hebrews, points to Jesus as the true High Priest, who in His own blood has entered the secret places of heaven that he might reconcile the Father to us, and intercede for the sins of those who still wait praying before the doors.
