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Zechariah 3 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

A Vision of Joshua the High Priest

Zec 3:1

Zec 3:1Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan[fn] standing at his right hand to accuse him.

Zec 3:2

Zec 3:2And the LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, O Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand[fn] plucked from the fire?”

Zec 3:3

Zec 3:3Now Joshua was standing before the angel, clothed with filthy garments.

Zec 3:4

Zec 3:4And 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.”

Zec 3:5

Zec 3:5And 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.

Zec 3:6

Zec 3:6And the angel of the LORD solemnly assured Joshua,

Zec 3:7

Zec 3:7“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.

Zec 3:8

Zec 3:8Hear 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.

Zec 3:9

Zec 3:9For behold, on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven eyes,[fn] I will engrave its inscription, declares the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.

Zec 3:10

Zec 3:10In 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.”
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Hebrew the Accuser or the Adversary
That is, a burning stick
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