Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;
Parallel translations
- WEB Yes, take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest;
- BSB Take silver and gold, make an ornate crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak.
- NKJV Take the silver and gold, make an elaborate crown, and set it on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
- NASB Also take silver and gold, make an ornate crown, and set it on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
- NLT Accept their gifts, and make a crown from the silver and gold. Then put the crown on the head of Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
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Quick answer
Zechariah is to make crowns and set them on Joshua the high priest. This unusual crowning of a priest foreshadows a coming figure who unites priestly and royal offices.
Overview
Crowns normally belonged to kings, so placing one on the high priest is a deliberate, prophetic anomaly. Joshua here serves as a living symbol pointing beyond himself to the Branch who will be both priest and king. The act anticipates Christ, who alone rightly holds both offices, reigning as King and interceding as our great High Priest.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 21:3For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
- Zech 3:1And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
- Song 3:11Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
- Hag 1:1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
- Zech 3:5And 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.
- Lev 8:9And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Exod 39:30And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
- Rev 19:12His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
- Hag 1:14And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,
- Heb 2:9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
- Exod 29:6And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.
- Ezra 3:2Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
- Exod 28:36–38And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
- Hag 2:4Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:
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