Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set [them] upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;
Ver. 11. Make crowns] Two, saith Piscator; one of gold, for the kingly dignity, another of silver, for the priesthood. Three, saith a Lapide, who makes it a type, as of Christ's threefold office, so of the Pope's triple crown; which latter relates rather to Pride's picture drawn by the old Romans, with three crowns on her head: on the first whereof was inscribed Transcendo; I pass on, on the second Non obedio; I disobey, the third Perturbo. I throw into confusion, Danaeus thinks it likely, by Zechariah 6:14, that here were four crowns made, according to the number of the four persons here mentioned, that brought in the gold and silver. Ribera will have it to be all but one crown made of both metals, and called crowns for the greatness of it; as wisdoms, for singular wisdom, Pro 1:20 marg; Behemoth, beasts, for a huge beast, Job 40:15. The verb singular, tihieh, Zechariah 6:14, seems most to favour this conceit of his. But in Hebrew the singular is often put for the plural (Chald. vertit Facies coronam magnam).