Zechariah 3

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Clean clothes for Joshua the high priest

¹Then he showed me Joshua the high priest. He stood before the angel of the LORD, and the Accuser stood at his right side to accuse him. ²The LORD said to the Accuser, “May the LORD rebuke you, Accuser! May the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is this man not a burning stick snatched from the fire?” ³Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. ⁴The angel said to those who were standing before him, “Remove his filthy clothes.” Then he told Joshua, “See, I have taken your guilt away from you, and I will dress you in fine robes.” ⁵Then I said, “Let them place a clean turban on his head.” They placed the clean turban on his head and dressed him in clothes, while the angel of the LORD stood by. ⁶Then the angel of the LORD gave Joshua this solemn charge: ⁷“The LORD of Armies says this: If you walk in my ways and carry out the duties I give you, then you will govern my house and take care of my courts, and I will give you a place among those who stand here. ⁸Listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellow priests who sit before you, for these men are a sign: I am about to bring my servant, the Branch. ⁹Look at the stone I have placed before Joshua. That one stone has seven eyes. I am going to engrave an inscription on it, declares the LORD of Armies, and I will remove the guilt of that land in a single day. ¹⁰On that day, declares the LORD of Armies, each of you will invite your neighbor to come and sit under your vine and your fig tree.”