The angel of the Lord gave this charge to Joshua: “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements,(A) then you will govern my house(B) and have charge(C) of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.(D)

“‘Listen, High Priest(E) Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic(F) of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.(G) See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua!(H) There are seven eyes[a](I) on that one stone,(J) and I will engrave an inscription on it,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will remove the sin(K) of this land in a single day.

10 “‘In that day each of you will invite your neighbor to sit(L) under your vine and fig tree,(M)’ declares the Lord Almighty.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 3:9 Or facets

Then the angel of the Lord warned Joshua, saying “Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and keep my requirements, then you shall rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among those who are standing here.(A) Now listen, Joshua, high priest, you and your colleagues who sit before you! For they are an omen of things to come: I am going to bring my servant the Branch.(B) For on the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven facets, I will engrave its inscription, says the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the guilt of this land in a single day.(C) 10 On that day, says the Lord of hosts, you shall invite each other to come under your vine and fig tree.”(D)

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