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Zechariah 3:7

ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON Zechariah 3:7 The Lord commands Joshua to walk in my ways and keep my charge. If he does so, he will also rule my house and have charge of my courts. Thus, temple worship will not be corrupted by idolatry (compare Ezekiel 44:23). The Lord will not be silent or distant from his people any longer.

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See also Zechariah 3:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Zechariah 3:7. _IF THOU WILT WALK IN MY WAYS_] If ye, Israelites, priests and people, now restored to your own land, will walk in my ways, c., ye shall be a part of my family and have _places_-m...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    IF THOU WILT WALK IN MY WAYS AND IF THOU WILT KEEP MY CHARGE - Both of these are expressions, dating from the Pentateuch, for holding on in the way of life, well-pleasing to God and keeping the charge...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The fourth night vision (Zechariah 3:1) _ 2. The message of the vision (Zechariah 3:6) Zechariah 3:1. The fourth vision is like the first and second, closely connected with the forego...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE TRIAL OF JOSHUA. Several corrections are necessary in this paragraph, some of which are confirmed by the LXX. In Zechariah 3:2 read, And the angel of the Lord said. In Zechariah 3:4 f. read with L...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Zechariah 1:3 and on 1 Samuel 1:3. IF THOU WILT KEEP, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 8:35). App-92. JUDGE MY HOUSE, &C.. govern My house. Reference to Pentateuc

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _judge my house_ This may mean "my people," Numbers 12:7; Hosea 8:1; the Jewish Church being spoken of, like the Christian, as the house of God, 1 Timothy 3:15. "Judgment, in the place of God, was par...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND I WILL GIVE THEE PLACES TO WALK— _And thou shalt have by me free access to those that stand by; namely the angels._ See chap. Zechariah 4:10. The allusion is to those walks which were in the templ...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER XXX A VISION OF THE HIGH PRIEST ZECHARIAH, CHAPTER Zechariah 3:1-10 RV. And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk am...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    3:7 walk (f-41) Lit. 'give thee goings.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FOURTH VISION Joshua, better known under the later form Jeshua (Ezra 2:2; Ezra 3:2; Nehemiah 12:7; Nehemiah 12:10, etc.), was the son of Jehozadak, a

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    III. FOURTH VISION. — JOSHUA BEFORE THE ANGEL OF THE LORD. (1-7) The accusation against Joshua was not that of neglecting the building of the Temple (for the re-building had been resumed five months b...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS. Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in Zechariah 1:7 to...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (6-10) The angel of the Lord now proclaims to Joshua a fourfold promise: (1) the confirmation of his official authority, and the elevation of his own spiritual nature; (2) the mission of the Saviour;...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כֹּה ־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֗ות אִם ־בִּ דְרָכ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    As the first three visions dealt principally with the material side of Israel's tribulation and restoration, the remaining five dealt pre-eminently with her moral and spiritual influence. In vision th...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also (h) judge my house, and shalt also keep my (i) courts, and I will give thee places to...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Judge. The high priests were at the head till the Machabees. (Josephus, Antiquities xi. 4., and xx. 8.) --- Yet the nation was, (Calmet) till Simon, (Haydock) always dependent; and the judges were und...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    "And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying, (7) Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shal...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    _Protest _then _did the angel of Jehovah to Joshua, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if my charge thou wilt observe_, etc. The angel now briefly teaches us, that the pries...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    But in order that Jerusalem (the centre of God's dealings in Israel) should be thus re-established in blessing, something more than the mere exercise of God's power was necessary. The people were guil...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS,.... For this Angel was no other than the Lord of armies in heaven and in earth: IF THOU WILT WALK IN MY WAYS; prescribed in the word of God, moral, ceremonial, and evang...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk amo...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And the angel of the Lord protested_ Solemnly declared; _unto Joshua, If thou wilt walk in my ways_ If thou wilt diligently observe the commandments of my law; _and wilt keep my charge_ The special c...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts, If thou wilt walk in My ways, as a true child of God, AND IF THOU WILT KEEP MY CHARGE, performing every part of his office with due faithfulness, THEN THOU SHALT ALSO JUD...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE VISION OF THE HIGH PRIEST. The Lord had just referred to the glorification of His people. He now proceeds to show how this would take place....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FOURTH VISION - GRACE TO THE REPRESENTATIVE HIGH PRIEST OVERCOMING SATAN'S OPPOSITION (vv. 1-5) In verse 1 the angel who talked with Zechariah showed him Joshua the high priest standing before t...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    CHARGE: Or, ordinance PLACES: _ Heb._ walks...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    6-10 All whom God calls to any office he finds fit, or makes so. The Lord will cause the sins of the believer to pass away by his sanctifying grace, and will enable him to walk in newness of life. As...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS; the Father, whose will Christ reveals to us. IF THOU JOSHUA, wilt walk in my ways; obey the precepts and holy commands of the law. WILT KEEP MY CHARGE; the special charge...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zechariah 3:7 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 walk H3212 (H8799) ways H1870 keep H8104 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FOURTH VISION. THE HEAVENLY COURT - THE HIGH PRIESTHOOD IS RESTORED. GOD'S PEOPLE IN THE PERSON OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE HIGH PRIEST ARE FITTED FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF HIS PURPOSES (ZECHARIAH 3:1...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Visions of Zechariah. Joshua and Satan before the angel of the Lord. Jehovah's servant, The Branch. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Joshua, Satan, Zechariah. CONCLUSION: By the guilt of our sins w...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Zechariah 3:1. _Joshua the highpriest standing before the angel of the Lord,_ to make intercession for the restoration of Israel. This was a figure of Jesus, whose name he bore. _And Satan,_ the adver...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I will give thee places to walk among those that stand by._ THE RIGHT OF ENTRY The prophet has just been describing a vision of judgment in which the high priest, as representative of the nation, st...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The Angel of the Lord protested unto Joshua _ A CHARGE TO YOUNG MINISTERS I. What the great Head of the Church requires of you. 1. Personal piety. “Walk in My ways.” This phrase denotes the whole o...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing _ JOSHUA THE PRIEST We learn from the Book of Ezra (Ezra 2:36) that among the exiles who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon, were Joshua or Jeshu...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES. Zechariah 3:6.] Here the symbolic act of reclothing is made the occasion of a prophetic address through the high priest to the nation. PROTESTED] Testified, made a solemn declaration a...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 3:1 _§ 6. The fourth vision: Joshua the high priest before the angel._ ZECHARIAH 3:1 HE SHOWED ME. The Septuagint and Vulgate give, "The Lord showed me." Some suppose that it w...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now the fifth vision, the Lord showed him Joshua. Now Joshua was the high priest who along with Zerrubbel, a priest who was in charge of the rebuilding of the temple. Stood side by side with Zerrubbel...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 23:32; 1 Corinthians 6:2; 1 Corinthians 6:3; 1 Kings 2:3;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    A VISION OF SATAN'S FURY Zechariah 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our message presents the vision of Zechariah as he sees Joshua, the high priest, standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    My charge — The special charge and office of the high — priest. Judge — Be ruler in the temple, and in the things that pertain to the worship of God there. Keep — Not as a servant, but as the chief, o...

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