Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Or, pendant qu'il s'acquittait de ses fonctions devant Dieu, selon le tour de sa classe,
KJV
And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,
And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,
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