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A Vision of Joshua the High Priest

 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan^[a] standing at his right hand to accuse him. ² And the Lord said to Satan, “The Lordrebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand^[b] plucked from the fire?” ³ Now Joshua was standing before the angel, clothed with filthy garments. ⁴ And the angel said to those who were standing before him, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” And to him he said, “Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from you, and I will clothe you with pure vestments.” ⁵ And I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord was standing by.

⁶ And the angel of the Lordsolemnly assured Joshua, ⁷ “Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and keep my charge, then you shall rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among those who are standing here. ⁸ Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for they are men who are a sign: behold, I will bring my servant the Branch. ⁹ For behold, on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven eyes,^[c] I will engrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day. ¹⁰ In that day, declares the Lord of hosts, every one of you will invite his neighbor to come under his vine and under his fig tree.”

Footnotes:

1. Zechariah 3:1 Hebrew the Accuser or the Adversary
2. Zechariah 3:2 That is, a burning stick
3. Zechariah 3:9 Or facets

Cross references:

1. Zechariah 3:1 : ch. 6:11; See Ezra 3:2
2. Zechariah 3:1 : [1 Chr. 21:1; Ps. 109:6]
3. Zechariah 3:2 : Jude 9
4. Zechariah 3:2 : ch. 1:17; [Rom. 8:33]
5. Zechariah 3:2 : Amos 4:11
6. Zechariah 3:3 : [See ver. 1 above]; ch. 6:11; See Ezra 3:2
7. Zechariah 3:3 : [Isa. 64:6; Jude 23]
8. Zechariah 3:4 : [ver. 7; Luke 1:19]
9. Zechariah 3:4 : Rev. 7:14
10. Zechariah 3:4 : [ver. 9; Isa. 6:7]
11. Zechariah 3:4 : Isa. 61:10; Luke 15:22; Rev. 19:8
12. Zechariah 3:5 : Job 29:14; [ch. 6:11]
13. Zechariah 3:6 : [See ver. 1 above]; ch. 6:11; See Ezra 3:2
14. Zechariah 3:7 : Gen. 26:5; Mal. 3:14; See Lev. 8:35
15. Zechariah 3:7 : [Deut. 17:9; Mal. 2:7]
16. Zechariah 3:7 : [ver. 4]
17. Zechariah 3:8 : [Ezek. 12:11]
18. Zechariah 3:8 : See Isa. 42:1
19. Zechariah 3:8 : ch. 6:12; Isa. 11:1; See Jer. 23:5
20. Zechariah 3:9 : Ps. 118:22; Isa. 28:16; [ch. 4:7]; See Ezra 3:9-11
21. Zechariah 3:9 : ch. 4:10; Rev. 5:6
22. Zechariah 3:9 : [2 Tim. 2:19]
23. Zechariah 3:9 : [ver. 4]
24. Zechariah 3:10 : See 1 Kgs. 4:25