Esdras 7:25

25 Por cuanto tú, Esdras, posees la sabiduría de Dios, serás el encargado de nombrar funcionarios y jueces para que juzguen a los habitantes de la provincia al oeste del río Éufrates, es decir, a todos los que conocen la ley de Dios. Pero a quienes no la conozcan, enséñasela.

Esdras 7:25 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 7:25

And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine
hand
Which he had a large share of from the Lord, and could readily make use of to good purpose; and this may be meant of the law of God made with the highest wisdom, and to know and observe which is an instance of wisdom in men, ( Deuteronomy 4:6 ) ,

set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are
beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God;
such as God, in his great wisdom, directed to in his wise law to be appointed over the people, to judge righteous judgment; to inform them in all matters of controversy that might arise among them, and decide them according to it; and lead them into a greater and better knowledge of it, ( Deuteronomy 16:18 ) ( 17:9 ) . Jarchi takes the word for "set" to be a comparative, and the sense to be, that the wisdom of Ezra was greater than the judges that judged the people, than them that knew the law:

and teach ye them that know them not;
such people that were ignorant thereof; though the above writer interprets this of ignorant judges,

``the judge that knows not to judge, make him know judgment to do it.''

Esdras 7:25 In-Context

23 Todo lo que ha ordenado el Dios del cielo para su templo, háganlo de inmediato, de modo que no se descargue su ira contra el dominio del rey y su familia.

24 También les ordeno que exoneren de impuestos a los sacerdotes, levitas, cantores, porteros y servidores del templo de Dios.

25 Por cuanto tú, Esdras, posees la sabiduría de Dios, serás el encargado de nombrar funcionarios y jueces para que juzguen a los habitantes de la provincia al oeste del río Éufrates, es decir, a todos los que conocen la ley de Dios. Pero a quienes no la conozcan, enséñasela.

26 Si alguien desobedece la ley de tu Dios y las órdenes del rey, haz que se le castigue de inmediato con la pena de muerte, el destierro, la confiscación de bienes o la cárcel.

27 «Bendito sea el SEÑOR, Dios de nuestros antepasados, que puso en el corazón del rey el propósito de honrar el templo del SEÑOR en Jerusalén.