Discovery BoxEzra 7:25 
Context7:25 “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 10:3
Context10:3 Therefore let us enact 3 a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in keeping with your counsel, my lord, 4 and that of those who respect 5 the commandments of our God. And let it be done according to the law.
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 “cut.”
4 tn The MT vocalizes this word as a plural, which could be understood as a reference to God. But the context seems to suggest that a human lord is intended. The apparatus of BHS suggests repointing the word as a singular (“my lord”), but this is unnecessary. The plural (“my lords”) can be understood in an honorific sense even when a human being is in view. Most English versions regard this as a reference to Ezra, so the present translation supplies “your” before “counsel” to make this clear.
5 tn Heb “who tremble at”; NAB, NIV “who fear.”
