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16 But when [King Uzziah] was strong, he became proud to his destruction; and he trespassed against the Lord his God, for he went [a]into the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.

17 And Azariah the priest went in after him and with him eighty priests of the Lord, men of courage.

18 They opposed King Uzziah and said to him, It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are set apart to burn incense. Withdraw from the sanctuary; you have trespassed, and that will not be to your credit and honor before the Lord God.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 26:16 No one but an ordained priest was permitted by law to enter the tabernacle or later the temple proper, even in Jesus’ time. See footnote on Num. 3:38.

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