5And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by.
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Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;
And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)There was a Joshua that was a principal agent in the first settling of Israel in Canaan; here is another of the same name very active in their second settlement there after the captivity; Jesus is the same name, and it signifies Saviour ; and they were both figures of him that was to come, our chief captain and our chief priest. The angel that talked with Zechariah showed him Joshua the high pries…
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