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Zechariah 3
New International Version

### Clean Garments for the High Priest

3 Then he showed me Joshua(A) the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan[a](B) standing at his right side to accuse him. 2 The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you,(C) Satan! The Lord, who has chosen(D) Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick(E) snatched from the fire?”(F)

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 taken away your sin,(G) and I will put fine garments(H) on you.”

5 Then I said, “Put a clean turban(I) on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the Lord stood by.

6 The angel of the Lord gave this charge to Joshua: 7 “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements,(J) then you will govern my house(K) and have charge(L) of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.(M)

8 “‘Listen, High Priest(N) Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic(O) of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.(P) 9 See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua!(Q) There are seven eyes[b](R) on that one stone,(S) and I will engrave an inscription on it,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will remove the sin(T) of this land in a single day.

10 “‘In that day each of you will invite your neighbor to sit(U) under your vine and fig tree,(V)’ declares the Lord Almighty.”

#### Footnotes

1. Zechariah 3:1 Hebrew satan means adversary.
2. Zechariah 3:9 Or facets

#### Cross references

1. Zechariah 3:1 : S Ezr 2:2; Zec 6:11
2. Zechariah 3:1 : S 2Sa 24:1; S 2Ch 18:21; S Ps 109:6; S Mt 4:10
3. Zechariah 3:2 : Jude 1:9
4. Zechariah 3:2 : S Isa 14:1
5. Zechariah 3:2 : S Isa 7:4
6. Zechariah 3:2 : Jude 1:23
7. Zechariah 3:4 : S 2Sa 12:13; S Eze 36:25; S Mic 7:18
8. Zechariah 3:4 : S Ge 41:42; S Ps 132:9; S Isa 52:1; Rev 19:8
9. Zechariah 3:5 : S Ex 29:6
10. Zechariah 3:7 : S Lev 8:35
11. Zechariah 3:7 : Dt 17:8-11; S Eze 44:15-16
12. Zechariah 3:7 : 2Ch 23:6
13. Zechariah 3:7 : Jer 15:19; Zec 6:15
14. Zechariah 3:8 : Hag 1:1
15. Zechariah 3:8 : S Dt 28:46; S Eze 12:11
16. Zechariah 3:8 : S Isa 4:2; S 49:3; S Eze 17:22
17. Zechariah 3:9 : S Ezr 2:2
18. Zechariah 3:9 : S 2Ch 16:9
19. Zechariah 3:9 : Isa 28:16
20. Zechariah 3:9 : S 2Sa 12:13; S Jer 50:20
21. Zechariah 3:10 : S Job 11:18
22. Zechariah 3:10 : S Nu 16:14; S 1Ki 4:25; Mic 4:4

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