Zechariah 3:1-7 ▼

1 Then I saw Joshua the High Priest standing in the presence of the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right to oppose him.

2 The LORD told Satan, |The LORD rebuke you, Satan—in fact, may the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! This man is a burning brand plucked from the fire, is he not?|

3 Now Joshua was wearing filthy clothes as he stood in the presence of the angel.

4 So the angel continued to tell those who were standing in his presence, |Remove his filthy clothes.| And he told Joshua, |Look how I've removed your iniquity. Now I'm clothing you with fine garments.|

5 Then I said, |Let them place a pure diadem on his head.| So they placed the pure diadem on his head and clothed him with fine garments while the angel of the LORD was standing beside them.

6 Then the angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua:

7 |This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: 'If you will live according to my ways, and if you will keep what I have entrusted to you, then you will also administer my Temple, and you will also guard my courtyards. And I will give you access to these who serve here.