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.”