Chapter 3


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¶ He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before YHVH’s angel, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.

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YHVH said to Satan, “YHVH rebuke you, Satan! Yes, YHVH 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 YHVH’s angel was standing by.

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¶ YHVH’s angel solemnly assured Joshua, saying,

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“YHVH 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 YHVH of Armies, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

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In that day,’ says YHVH of Armies, ‘you will invite every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.’”