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25 “Now you, Ezra, in keeping with the wisdom of your God which you possess,[a] appoint judges[b] and court officials who can arbitrate cases on behalf of all the people who are in Trans-Euphrates who know the laws of your God. Those who do not know this law should be taught.

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  1. Ezra 7:25 tn Aram “in your hand.”
  2. Ezra 7:25 tc For the MT reading שָׁפְטִין (shoftim, “judges”) the LXX uses the noun γραμματεῖς (grammateis, “scribes”).