with the first angel who has served as guide for Zechariah throughout the vision sequence, and who was instructed by the second angel in Zech 2:7–17 [NRSV: 2:3–13] to speak to “that young man” (Zech 2:8 [NRSV: 2:4]), i.e., to Zechariah. The prophet sees Joshua, who is described as “the high priest” (hakkōhēn haggādôl). The title “high priest” is elsewhere applied to Joshua in Hag 1:1, 12, 14; 2:2, 4; Zech 3:8; 6:11. The term is also applied to Jehoiada (2 Kgs 12:11 [NRSV: 12:10]); Hilkiah (2
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