Luke 1:5

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron.”

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BSBPD

“In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“There was in the days of Herod, king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 1:5 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Chronicles 24:10the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
  2. 1 Chronicles 24:19This was their appointed order for service when they entered the house of the LORD, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their forefather Aaron, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
  3. Nehemiah 12:4Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
  4. Nehemiah 12:17of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin and of Moadiah, Piltai;
  5. Matthew 2:1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

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