Verse 11
Zechariah was to make an ornate crown out of at least some of the silver and gold that had been donated and to place it on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest (Zechariah 3:1). The Hebrew text has "crowns," not "crown." The plural could indicate a composite crown (cf. Revelation 19:12), a superlative crown, and or a sacred crown. [Note: Cf. Baldwin, p. 133.] One writer believed there were two crowns and a double crowning, of Joshua and Zerubbabel. [Note: Merrill, pp. 197-201.] But I see no evidence of this in the passage. This crown was not the regular turban of the high priest (Heb. nezer) but a kingly crown with many parts (Heb. ’ataroth; cf. Revelation 19:12). Zechariah was to crown the high priest as a king, not as a priest (cf. Psalms 110:4; Hebrews 7:1-3).
"Christ is now a Priest but is still in the holiest within the veil (Hebrews 9:11-14; Hebrews 9:24; cp. Leviticus 16:15) and seated on the Father’s throne (Revelation 3:21). He has not yet come out to take His own throne (Hebrews 9:28)." [Note: The New Scofield . . ., p. 968.]
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