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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 theLord, and Satan[a](B)standing at his right side to accuse him.2 TheLordsaid to Satan, “TheLordrebuke you,(C)Satan! TheLord, 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 theLordstood by.

6 The angel of theLordgave this charge to Joshua:7 “This is what theLordAlmighty 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 theLordAlmighty, ‘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 theLordAlmighty.”

#### Footnotes

1. Zechariah 3:1 Hebrewsatanmeansadversary.
2. Zechariah 3:9 Orfacets

#### 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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