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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24 “Let’s not tear it,” they said to one another. “Let’s decide by lot who will get it.”

This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled(A) that said,

“They divided my clothes among them
    and cast lots for my garment.”[a](B)

So this is what the soldiers did.

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Footnotes

  1. John 19:24 Psalm 22:18

24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.

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