Zechariah 3:7-9

Easy-to-Read Version

⁷This is what the Lord All-Powerful said:
“Live the way I tell you,
    and do everything I say.
And you will be in charge of my Temple.
    You will take care of its courtyard.
You will be free to go anywhere in my Temple,
    just as these angels standing here.
⁸Listen, Joshua, you who are the high priest,
    and listen, you fellow priests seated before him.
You are all examples to show what will happen when I bring my special servant.
    He is called, the Branch.
⁹Look, I put a special stone in front of Joshua.
    There are seven sides^[a] on that stone.
I will carve a special message on it.
    This will show that in one day, I will remove the guilt from this land.”

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Footnotes

Zechariah 3:9 sides Literally, “eyes.”

Zechariah 3:7-9

New International Version

⁷“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)

⁸“‘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) ⁹See, 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.