Zechariah 3:1-9

Then I was shown another vision. I saw Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of YAHWEH dressed in filthy clothes. On Joshua’s right was the accuser, standing there ready to prosecute him. The angel of YAHWEH said to Satan, “YAHWEH rebukes you, Satan! Yes, YAHWEH rebukes you, for he has chosen Jerusalem. And he has rescued Joshua, like a stick snatched out of the fire.” Then the angel said to those heavenly council members who were standing before him, “Remove Joshua’s filthy clothes.” Then he said to Joshua, “Behold, I have taken your guilt away, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.” And I spoke up and requested, “Let them also put a clean turban on his head.” So they dressed him in clean clothes and put on his head a clean turban while the angel of YAHWEH stood nearby. So the angel of YAHWEH solemnly assured Joshua with these words: “YAHWEH, Commander of Angel Armies, declares to you, ‘If you walk in my ways and live in obedience to me, you will preside over my temple and keep watch over my courts. And I will let you come and go in the same way as your fellow council members standing here.’ ” “ ‘So listen, high priest Joshua, you and your fellow priests seated here are beautiful symbols of what is to come. Behold, I will reveal my servant, the Branch! And behold, I have laid a stone before Joshua, a precious, unique stone with seven eyes. And I will engrave a special inscription on it,’ says YAHWEH, Commander of Angel Armies. “ ‘And in a single day, I will remove the sin of the people of this land.