The Vision of the Cleansing and Consecration of the High Priest

¹He further showed me Joshua, the high priest, standing before the angel of the Lord, and the Accuser standing at his right to accuse him. ²But [the angel of] the Lord said to the Accuser, “The Lord rebuke you, O Accuser; may the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! For this is a brand plucked from the fire.”^{a 3}Now Joshua was clothed in filthy garments when he stood before the angel. ⁴The latter spoke up and said to his attendants, “Take the filthy garments off him!” And he said to him, “See, I have removed your guilt from you, and you shall be clothed in [priestly] robes.” ⁵Then he gave the order, “Let a pure^b diadem be placed on his head.” And they placed the pure diadem on his head and clothed him in [priestly] garments,^c as the angel of the Lord stood by.

⁶And the angel of the Lord charged Joshua as follows: ⁷“Thus said the Lord of Hosts: If you walk in My paths and keep My charge, you in turn will rule My House and guard My courts, and I will permit you to move about among these attendants. ⁸Hearken well, O High Priest Joshua, you and your fellow priests sitting before you! For those men are a sign that I am going to bring My servant the Branch^d. [ . . . ] ⁹For mark well this stone which I place before Joshua, a single stone with seven eyes.^e I will execute its engraving—declares the Lord of Hosts—and I will remove that country’s guilt in a single day. ¹⁰In that day—declares the Lord of Hosts—you will be inviting each other to the shade of vines and fig trees.”