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Zechariah 3
This vision moves to the courtroom. Joshua the high priest stands before the LORD's angel while Satan stands at his right hand to accuse — and the accusation is silenced before it is heard: "The LORD rebuke you." Joshua is a burning stick pulled from the fire. The drama is visual: filthy garments stripped off, iniquity declared gone, a clean turban set on his head. Then comes a charge to walk in God's ways, and a promise pointing forward to a servant called the Branch.
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He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the LORD’s angel, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.
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The LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, Satan! Yes, the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn’t this a burning stick plucked out of the fire?”
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Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel.
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He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, “Take the filthy garments off him.” To him he said, “Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich clothing.”
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I said, “Let them set a clean turban on his head.” So they set a clean turban on his head, and clothed him; and the LORD’s angel was standing by.
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The LORD’s angel solemnly assured Joshua, saying,
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“The LORD of Armies says: ‘If you will walk in my ways, and if you will follow my instructions, then you also shall judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you a place of access among these who stand by.
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Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you, for they are men who are a sign; for, behold, I will bring out my servant, the Branch.
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For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua: on one stone are seven eyes; behold, I will engrave its inscription,’ says the LORD of Armies, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
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In that day,’ says the LORD of Armies, ‘you will invite every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.’”
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Ele me mostrou Josué, o sumo sacerdote, em pé diante do anjo do SENHOR, e Satanás em pé à sua direita para ser seu adversário.
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O SENHOR disse a Satanás: “O SENHOR o repreenda, Satanás! Sim, o SENHOR que escolheu Jerusalém o repreenda! Não é este um tição tirado do fogo?”
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Ora, Josué estava vestido com vestes imundas, e estava em pé diante do anjo.
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Ele respondeu e falou aos que estavam em pé diante dele, dizendo: “Tirem as vestes imundas dele.” E a ele disse: “Eis que fiz a sua iniquidade passar de você, e o vestirei com vestes finas.”
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Eu disse: “Coloquem um turbante limpo em sua cabeça.” Então colocaram um turbante limpo em sua cabeça e o vestiram; e o anjo do SENHOR estava ali ao lado.
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O anjo do SENHOR assegurou solenemente a Josué, dizendo:
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“O SENHOR dos Exércitos diz: ‘Se você andar nos meus caminhos, e se seguir as minhas instruções, então você também julgará a minha casa, e também guardará os meus átrios, e eu lhe darei um lugar de acesso entre estes que estão aqui.
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Ouça agora, Josué, o sumo sacerdote, você e os seus companheiros que se assentam diante de você, pois são homens que servem de sinal; pois, eis que trarei o meu servo, o Renovo.
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Pois, eis a pedra que coloquei diante de Josué: sobre uma pedra estão sete olhos; eis que gravarei a sua inscrição’, diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos, ‘e removerei a iniquidade daquela terra em um só dia.
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Naquele dia’, diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos, ‘cada um de vocês convidará o seu próximo para debaixo da videira e para debaixo da figueira.’”
From accusation to investiture
Why does the high priest wear filth in God's presence? He represents a community fresh out of exile, still under the stain of judgment. The scene says cleansing is granted, not earned — the garments are changed before any condition is named (v.4-5).
Verses 8-9 reach past Joshua: "my servant, the Branch," a stone with seven eyes, and iniquity removed "in one day." The chapter ties the restored priesthood to a coming figure and a single decisive act, then pictures neighbors at peace under vine and fig tree.
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