Zechariah 3:1–7

The High Priest and a Branch

¹Then he showed me ^aJoshua the high priest standing before the angel of Yahweh, and ^1bSatan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

²And Yahweh said to Satan, “^aYahweh rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, Yahweh who has ^bchosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a ^cbrand delivered from the fire?”

³Now Joshua was clothed with ^afilthy garments and standing before the angel.

⁴And he answered and spoke to those who were standing before him, saying, “^aRemove the filthy garments from him.” Again he said to him, “See, I have ^bmade your iniquity pass away from you and ¹will ^cclothe you with festal robes.”

⁵Then I said, “Let them put a clean ^aturban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments, while the angel of Yahweh was standing by.

⁶And the angel of Yahweh testified to Joshua, saying,

⁷“Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘If you will ^awalk in My ways and if you will keep the responsibility given by Me, then you will also ^brender justice in My house and also keep My ^ccourts, and I will grant you ¹access to walk among these who are standing here.