3And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before^a the angel of Yahweh; and Satan^b was standing on his right to accuse him. ²But Yahweh said to Satan,^c “Yahweh rebukes you, O Satan!^d Yahweh who has chosen Jerusalem rebukes you! Is this not a stick snatched from the fire?” ³And Joshua was clothed in filthy garments and was standing before^e the angel. ⁴And he answered and said to the ones standing before^f him, saying, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” And he said to him, “See, I have taken away your guilt^g from you, and will clothe you with rich garments.” ⁵And I said, “Let them put a clean headband^h on his head.” And they put a clean headband on his head, and they clothed him with garments. And the angel of Yahweh was standing by.

⁶And the angel of Yahweh assured Joshua, saying, ⁷“Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my requirements, then you will judgeⁱ my house, and you will also guard my courtyards, and I will give to you passageways^j among these that are standing here.

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Zechariah 3:4: And 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.”

Footnotes

aLiterally “to the face of”
bHebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
cHebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
dHebrew “the accuser,” or “the adversary”
eLiterally “to the face of”
fLiterally “to the face of”
gThe Hebrew term refers to guilt caused by sin (HALOT 800 s.v. 2)
hOr “turban”
iOr “govern”
jOr “right of access”