Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;

The high priest wore a holy crown, or 'golden plate,' 'upon his fore-front,' above the mitre (; ). Messiah shall wear many crowns, one surmounting the other (). It was a thing before unknown in the Levitical priesthood, that the same person should wear at once the crown of a king and that of a high priest. The same combination appears in the prophecy of Messiah (Psalms 110:1; ; ). Messiah shall be revealed fully in his two-fold dignity, when he shall "restore the kingdom to Israel" ().

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