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Zechariah 4:3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Zechariah 4:3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 And beside it are two olive trees,[a] one on the right of the bowl and one to its left.”
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- 4:3 Olive trees: visionary image that picks up the botanical language describing the Israelite cultic lampstands, with the olive trees specifically connoting fertility, permanence, and righteousness.
Zechariah 4:14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Zechariah 4:14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
14 Then he said, “These are the two anointed ones[a] who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”(A)
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- 4:14 Two anointed ones: two leadership positions in the ideal restored nation. The concept of a state headed by both priestly and political leaders harks back to premonarchic traditions (Aaron and Moses) and finds an echo in the two messianic figures—a Davidic and a levitical messiah—in the Dead Sea Scrolls and in apocryphal literature. See also the two crowns of 6:11–14.
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