7. Upon the four and twentieth yom of the eleventh chodesh, which is the chodesh Shevat, in the shnat shtayim of Daryavesh, [519 B.C.E.] came the Devar Hashem unto Zecharyah, ben Berechyah ben Iddo, HaNavi, saying,
8. I had a vision by halailah, and, hinei, a man riding upon a sus adom (a red-brown horse), and he stood among the myrtles that were in the hollow; and behind him there were susim: red-brown, sorrel, and white.
9. Then said I, O adoni, what are these? And the malach that spoke with me said unto me, I will show thee what these are.
10. And the man that stood among the myrtles answered and said, These are they whom Hashem hath sent to patrol ha'aretz.