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10-11 Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah have returned from Babylonia. Collect enough silver and gold from them to make a crown.[a] Then go with them to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah and put the crown on the head of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak.[b] 12-13 (A) Tell him that I, the Lord All-Powerful, say, “Someone will reach out from here like a branch and build a temple for me. I will name him ‘Branch,’ and he will rule with royal honors. A priest will stand beside his throne,[c] and the two of them will be good friends.

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  1. 6.10,11 a crown: Two ancient translations; Hebrew “some crowns.”
  2. 6.10,11 Heldai … Jehozadak: Or “Go to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah, where you will find Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have returned from Babylonia. Collect enough silver and gold from them to make a crown. Then put it on the head of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak.”
  3. 6.12,13 stand beside his throne: Or “sit on a throne.”

11 Take the silver and gold and make a crown,(A) and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua(B) son of Jozadak.[a](C) 12 Tell him this is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Here is the man whose name is the Branch,(D) and he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the Lord.(E) 13 It is he who will build the temple of the Lord, and he will be clothed with majesty and will sit and rule on his throne. And he[b] will be a priest(F) on his throne. And there will be harmony between the two.’

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  1. Zechariah 6:11 Hebrew Jehozadak, a variant of Jozadak
  2. Zechariah 6:13 Or there