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The Book of Zechariah

Zechariah Chapter 3

Vision of the High Priest

1Then He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him.  2  The LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?”

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He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him. 2 The LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?”

3   Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the Angel. 4 The Angel said to those who were standing before Him, “Take off his filthy clothes.”

Then He said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your guilt from you, and I will clothe you with rich garments.”

5   Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and then clothed him, while the Angel of the LORD stood near.

6   Then the Angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua: 7 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you will walk in My ways and keep My requirements, then you will govern My house and have charge of My courts; I will also give you a place among those who are standing here.

8   ‘Listen, O Joshua, high priest, you and your colleagues seated before you; for these men are a sign of things to come: I am going to bring My servant, the Branch. 9 For behold, the stone I have set before Joshua: On that one stone are seven eyes, and I will engrave an inscription on it’, says the LORD of Hosts, ‘and I will take away the guilt of this land in a single day.

10 ‘On that day’, declares the LORD of Hosts, ‘each of you will invite his neighbour to sit under his vine and under his fig tree’.”


About Zechariah Chapter 3

The Prophets — Warning, mercy and hope

What happens

Zechariah 3 considers vision of the high priest.

Why it matters

Worship is shown to involve reverence and the recognition that approaching a holy God is no casual matter.

Key verse

“For behold, the stone I have set before Joshua: On that one stone are seven eyes, and I will engrave an inscription on it’, says the LORD of Hosts, ‘and I will take away the guilt of this land in a single day.”

Zechariah 3:9 · CELV

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