40 as the Lord directed him through Moses. This was to remind the Israelites that no one except a descendant of Aaron should come to burn incense(A) before the Lord,(B) or he would become like Korah and his followers.(C)

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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.

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

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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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