Zechariah 3:6
4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by.
And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,
7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.
8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then the angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua:
- KJV
- And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,
- WEB
- The LORD’s angel solemnly assured Joshua, saying,
- ASV
- And the angel of Jehovah protested unto Joshua, saying,
- DARBY
- And the Angel of Jehovah protested unto Joshua, saying,
- BLB
- And the angel of YHWH testified to Joshua, saying,
- ÅB
- Da vitnet Herrens engel for Josva og sa:
- OTB
- Herrens engel ga denne befaling til Josva:
- B1930
- Da vidnet Herrens engel for Josva og sa:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 23:20–21
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
Read in contextJeremiah 11:7
For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
Read in contextIsaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Read in contextGenesis 22:15–16
And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
Read in contextHosea 12:4
Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us;
Read in contextActs 7:35–38
This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
Read in contextZechariah 3:1
And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
Read in contextGenesis 28:13–17
And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
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