Ezra 7:25

Overview - Ezra 7
Ezra goes up to Jerusalem.
11 The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra.
27 Ezra blesses God for this favour.
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Ezra 7:25  (King James Version)
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
 


the wisdom
14 ; 1 Kings 3:28 ; 1 Chronicles 22:12 ; Psalms 19:7 ; 119:98-100 Proverbs 2:6 ; 6:23 James 1:5
James 3:17 James 3:18

set magistrates
Exodus 18:21-25 ; Deuteronomy 16:18 ; 1 Chronicles 23:4 ; 2 Chronicles 19:8-10

beyond the river
That is, "west of the Euphrates," which was beyond with regard to the king of Persia, who was on the east.
6:6

teach ye
10 ; 2 Chronicles 17:7-9 ; Nehemiah 8:1-3 Nehemiah 8:7 Nehemiah 8:8 ; 9:3 13:1-3 Malachi 2:7 ; Matthew 13:52 ; Matthew 23:2 Matthew 23:3
Mark 6:34 ; Romans 10:14-17