3 Now Joshua was dressed with filthy(a) clothes(A) as he stood before the Angel.(B) 4 So the Angel of the Lord(b) spoke to those(c) standing before Him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then He said to him, “See, I have removed your guilt from you,(C) and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”

Footnotes:

a. Zechariah 3:3: Probably stained with human excrement
b. Zechariah 3:4: Lit He
c. Zechariah 3:4: the angels

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