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 9:2

9:2 Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race 3  has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all of this!”

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 “the holy seed,” referring to the Israelites as God’s holy people.