10 (A)Take an offering from the exiles, from Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah; and you go the same day and enter the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, where they have arrived from Babylon.

The Symbolic Crowns

11 Take silver and gold, make an ornate (B)crown and set it on the head of (C)Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. 12 Then say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, a man whose name is [a](D)Branch, for He will [b](E)branch out from where He is; and He will (F)build the temple of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 6:12 Lit Sprout
  2. Zechariah 6:12 Lit sprout up

10 “Take silver and gold from the exiles Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon.(A) Go the same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah. 11 Take the silver and gold and make a crown,(B) and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua(C) son of Jozadak.[a](D) 12 Tell him this is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Here is the man whose name is the Branch,(E) and he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the Lord.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 6:11 Hebrew Jehozadak, a variant of Jozadak