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But they had no children. Elizabeth could not give birth and they were both getting old.[a]

One day, Zechariah's group of priests was working at the temple. He had a special job to do there. The priests chose one of their group to go into the holy place in the temple. This time they chose Zechariah.[b] His job was to burn incense there.

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  1. 1:7 At that time, people without children thought that God was angry with them. Elizabeth and Zechariah would have felt very sad because they had no children.
  2. 1:9 They did a special thing to know who would go into the room. It was something like a game that we play. But it was serious and important.