And you, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God, that is in your hand, set magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of your God; and teach them that know them not.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
River. 3 Esdras, "In all Syria and Phenicia. "(Haydock)
Hitherto, it seems, the royal judges had decided all affairs of consequence, which required any public chastisement.