Zechariah 3:1-7

New American Standard Bible 1995

Joshua, the High Priest

3 Then he showed me ^(A)Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and ^[a](B)Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. ² The Lord said to Satan, “^(C)The Lord rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the Lord who has ^(D)chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a ^(E)brand plucked from the fire?” ³ Now Joshua was clothed with ^(F)filthy garments and standing before the angel. ⁴ He spoke and said to those who were standing before him, saying, “^(G)Remove the filthy garments from him.” Again he said to him, “See, I have ^(H)taken your iniquity away from you and ^[b]will ^(I)clothe you with festal robes.” ⁵ Then I said, “Let them put a clean ^(J)turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments, while the angel of the Lord was standing by.

⁶ And the angel of the Lord admonished Joshua, saying, ⁷ “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘If you will ^(K)walk in My ways and if you will perform My service, then you will also ^(L)govern My house and also have charge of My ^(M)courts, and I will grant you ^[c]free access among these who are standing here.