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1 Esdras 8:23-25
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Esdras 8:23-25
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
23 “And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of God, appoint judges and justices to judge all those who know the law of your God throughout all Syria and Phoenicia, and you shall teach it to those who do not know it.(A) 24 All who transgress the law of your God or the law of the kingdom shall be strictly punished, whether by death or some other punishment, either fine or imprisonment.”
Ezra Praises God
25 Then Ezra the scribe said,[a] “Blessed be the Lord alone, who put this into the heart of the king, to glorify his house that is in Jerusalem,
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- 8.25 Other ancient authorities lack Then Ezra the scribe said
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