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"You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your Godwhich is in your hand, appointmagistrates and judges that they may judge*all the peoplewho are in the province beyond the River, even all those who know the laws of your God; and you may teach anyone who is ignorant* of them.
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"Whoever will not observe the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him strictly, whether for deathor for banishmentor for confiscation of goods or for imprisonment."