Zechariah 3:1
1Next I saw Joshua the high priest ▼ standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan ▼▼ The Hebrew term הַשָּׂטָן (hassatan, “the satan”) suggests not so much a personal name (as in almost all English translations) but an epithet, namely, “the adversary.” This evil being is otherwise thus described in Job 1 and 2 and 1 Chr 21:1. In this last passage the article is dropped and “the satan” becomes “Satan,” a personal name.
standing at his right hand to accuse him.
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