Bible Strands
Zechariah 3:6
Then the angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The angel of the LORD addresses Joshua immediately after the ceremonial placement of a clean turban on his head. This charge occurs within a prophetic vision where Joshua stands before the divine assembly.
The words — The Hebrew verb וַיְעַד (va.Ya.'ad) carries the literal sense of "he admonished" or "he charged," framing the subsequent divine directive. It appears alongside מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה (mal.'Akh Yah.weh), explicitly identifying the speaker as the angel of Yahweh.
The thread — The pattern of angelic mediation and divine warning recurs in Exodus 23:20, where God sends an angel to protect and guide, and in Jeremiah 11:7, where God repeatedly warns His people. Genesis 22:15 also records the angel of the LORD delivering a second charge to Abraham.
Why it lands — The text demands immediate attention to the forthcoming conditions for leadership and divine favor. It requires the reader to recognize that authority and standing before God are contingent upon obedience to His ways and instructions.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the angel of the Lord protested unto Joshua, saying,
Cross-references
- Exodus 23:20 Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
- Jeremiah 11:7 For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’
- Genesis 22:15 And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,
- Genesis 28:13 And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
- Genesis 48:15 Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
- Isaiah 63:9 In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
- Hosea 12:4 Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there—
- Zechariah 3:1 Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
- Acts 7:35 This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.