Ezra 7:25

7:25 “Now you, Ezra, in keeping with the wisdom of your God which you possess, 1  appoint judges 2  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.

Ezra 9:11

9:11 which you commanded us through your servants the prophets with these words: 3  ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the impurities of the local residents! 4  With their abominations they have filled it from one end to the other with their filthiness.

1 tn Aram “in your hand.”

2 tc For the MT reading שָׁפְטִין (shoftim, “judges”) the LXX uses the noun γραμματεῖς (grammatei", “scribes”).

3 tn Heb “through your servants the prophets, saying.”

4 tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”