1 Esdras 8:23-25

Common English Bible

²³ You, Ezra, according to God’s wisdom, should appoint judges and justices to have jurisdiction over all those who know the Law from your God, throughout all Syria and Phoenicia. You should teach it to those who don’t know it. ²⁴ All who disobey the Law from your God or the royal law will be strictly punished, whether by death or some other punishment, either fine or arrest.