“And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.”
When his time of service was completed, he returned home — the completion of the priestly week and the return home is the transition from the temple encounter to the domestic setting. Zechariah's return home in silence is the beginning of the sign he has been given: the priest who should have come out blessing the people (Numbers 6:23–26) instead emerged unable to speak.
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