Zechariah 3:4

And he + 3:4 the malach answered and spoke unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, See, I have taken away thine avon (iniquity, guilt) from thee, and I will clothe thee with machalatzot (extra fine, white clothing).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3Now Yehoshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the malach.

5And I said, Let them set a tzanif tahor (clean turban), + 3:5 mitznefet, Ex 28:4 upon his head. So they set a tzanif tahor upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the Malach Hashem stood by.

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:19And he said, Shema Devar Hashem: I saw Hashem sitting on his kisse, and all the Tzva HaShomayim standing by Him on His right hand and on His left.

Psalms 51:9Purge me with ezov (hyssop), 1 and I shall be tahor; 1 wash me, 1 and I shall be whiter than sheleg (snow). 1

Isaiah 6:5Then said I, Oy (Woe) is me! For I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen HaMelech, Hashem Tzva'os.

Isaiah 43:25I, even I, am He that blotteth out 1 thy peysha'im for Mine own sake, 1 and will not remember thy chattot. 1

Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake; 1 clothe thyself with thy strength, O Tziyon; 1 put on thy garments of splendor, 1 O Yerushalayim, Ir HaKodesh; 1 for henceforth there shall no more come into thee 1 the arel (uncircumcised) and the tameh (unclean). 1

Isaiah 61:10I will greatly rejoice in Hashem, 1 my nefesh shall be joyful in Elohai; 1 for He hath clothed me with the Bigdei Yesha (Garments of Salvation), 1 He hath covered me with Me'il Tzedakah (the Robe of Righteousness) 1 like a Choson arrays himself with splendor, 1 and like a Kallah adorneth herself with her jewels. 1

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 3:2-8

Joshua resisted and Upheld; Joshua Purified from Pollution; Joshua Reinstalled in His Office. ( b. c. 520.) 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. 2 And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. 4 And he answered and spake unto those… Read the whole commentary →

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