3:6 耶和華的使者告誡約書亞說：
3:7 「萬軍之耶和華如此說：你若遵行我的道，謹守我的命令，你就可以管理我的家，看守我的院宇；我也要使你在這些站立的人中間來往。
3:8 大祭司約書亞啊，你和坐在你面前的同伴都當聽。（他們是作預兆的。）我必使我僕人大衛的苗裔發出。
3:9 看哪，我在約書亞面前所立的石頭，在一塊石頭上有七眼。萬軍之耶和華說：我要親自雕刻這石頭，並要在一日之間除掉這地的罪孽。
3:10 當那日，你們各人要請鄰舍坐在葡萄樹和無花果樹下。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。」
And the angel of the Lord solemnly assured
Joshua, "Thus says the Lord of hosts:If you will walk in my ways and keep
my charge, then you shall rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I
will give you the right of access among those who are standing here. Hear now,
O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for they are
men who are a sign:behold, I will bring my servant the Branch. For behold, on
the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with seven eyes, I
will engrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the
iniquity of this land in a single day. In that day, declares the Lord of hosts,
every one of you will invite his neighbor to come under his vine and under his
fig tree."
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上帝不僅將任務給約書亞，也預言將來耶穌降生所要做的事：「我必使我僕人大衛的苗裔發出看哪，我在約書亞面前所立的石頭，在一塊石頭上有七眼。萬軍之耶和華說：我要親自雕刻這石頭，並要在一日之間除掉這地的罪孽。」
而耶穌基督在十字架上所完成的，就是「在一日之間除掉這地的罪孽」！而且基督一次的獻上，就成就了永遠的潔淨，使屬乎基督的人都成了聖潔，可以站在上帝面前，服事上帝。
因此，屬上帝之人的聖潔，是要靠耶穌基督而來的，不是人可以自己努力來的！
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