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Text -- Ezra 7:25 (NET)

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7:25 “Now you, Ezra, in keeping with the wisdom of your God which you possess, appoint judges 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.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Ezra a man of Judah; probably the son of Hodiah


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Zechariah | Wisdom | Temple | SET | Rulers | Persia | Officer | Magistrate | Liberality | Judge | Israel | God | Chaldee language | BIBLE | Artaxerxes | APPEAL | more
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Word/Phrase Notes
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Word/Phrase Notes
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NET Notes , Geneva Bible

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TSK Synopsis , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Keil-Delitzsch , Constable , Guzik

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Ezr 7:25 - -- Which God hath put into thy heart, and which appears in the works of thy hand. All that professed the Jewish religion, were to be under the jurisdicti...

Which God hath put into thy heart, and which appears in the works of thy hand. All that professed the Jewish religion, were to be under the jurisdiction of these judges.

TSK: Ezr 7:25 - -- the wisdom : Ezr 7:14; 1Ki 3:28; 1Ch 22:12; Psa 19:7, Psa 119:98-100; Pro 2:6, Pro 6:23; Jam 1:5; Jam 3:17, Jam 3:18 set magistrates : Exo 18:21-25; D...

the wisdom : Ezr 7:14; 1Ki 3:28; 1Ch 22:12; Psa 19:7, Psa 119:98-100; Pro 2:6, Pro 6:23; Jam 1:5; Jam 3:17, Jam 3:18

set magistrates : Exo 18:21-25; Deu 16:18; 1Ch 23:4; 2Ch 19:8-10

beyond the river : That is, ""west of the Euphrates,""which was beyond with regard to the king of Persia, who was on the east. Ezr 6:6

teach ye : Ezr 7:10; 2Ch 17:7-9; Neh 8:1-3, Neh 8:7, Neh 8:8, Neh 9:3, Neh 13:1-3; Mal 2:7; Mat 13:52, Mat 23:2, Mat 23:3; Mar 6:34; Rom 10:14-17

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Poole: Ezr 7:25 - -- The wisdom of thy God that is in thine hand i.e. which God hath put into thy heart, and which appears in the works of thy hand. Wisdom is sometimes a...

The wisdom of thy God that is in thine hand i.e. which God hath put into thy heart, and which appears in the works of thy hand. Wisdom is sometimes ascribed to the hands, as Psa 78:72 . See my Latin Synopsis on Gen 48:14 . Or, by the wisdom of God , he means the law of God, which was said to be in his hand , Ezr 7:14 .

Haydock: Ezr 7:25 - -- River. 3 Esdras, "In all Syria and Phenicia." (Haydock) --- Hitherto, it seems, the royal judges had decided all affairs of consequence, which req...

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.

Gill: Ezr 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 ...

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, Deu 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, Deu 16:18. 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.''

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Ezr 7:25 For the MT reading שָׁפְטִין (shoftim, “judges”) the LXX uses the noun γρ&...

Geneva Bible: Ezr 7:25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that [is] in thine hand, ( o ) set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that [are] beyo...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Ezr 7:1-28 - --1 Ezra goes up to Jerusalem.11 The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra.27 Ezra blesses God for this favour.

MHCC: Ezr 7:11-26 - --The liberality of heathen kings to support the worship of God, reproached the conduct of many kings of Judah, and will rise up in judgment against the...

Matthew Henry: Ezr 7:11-26 - -- We have here the commission which the Persian emperor granted to Ezra, giving him authority to act for the good of the Jews; and it is very ample an...

Keil-Delitzsch: Ezr 7:11-28 - -- The commission given by Artachshasta to Ezra (Ezr 7:11) , with a shortpostscript by Ezra (Ezr 7:27 and Ezr 7:28). - Ezr 7:11 The introductory tit...

Constable: Ezr 7:1--10:44 - --II. THE SECOND RETURN UNDER EZRA chs. 7--10 A period of 58 years separates Ezra 6 from Ezra 7 (515-458 B.C.). Du...

Constable: Ezr 7:1--8:36 - --A. The Return to Jerusalem CHS. 7-8 In 458 B.C. God moved Ezra, a Jewish priest and scribe who was livin...

Constable: Ezr 7:11-26 - --Artaxerxes' decree 7:11-26 This decree appears in Aramaic, the official language of the ...

Guzik: Ezr 7:1-28 - --Ezra 7 - Ezra's Return from Babylon "At Jerusalem, Malachi may well have prophesied shortly before the coming of Ezra, giving us, if so, a sharp ...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Ezra (Book Introduction) EZRA was, along with Nehemiah, reckoned one book by the ancient Jews, who called them the First and Second Books of Ezra, and they are still designate...

JFB: Ezra (Outline) PROCLAMATION OF CYRUS FOR BUILDING THE TEMPLE. (Ezr 1:1-6) CYRUS RESTORES THE VESSELS. (Ezr 1:7-11) NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE THAT TURNED. (Ezra 2:1-70) T...

TSK: Ezra (Book Introduction) This book details the events of a very interesting period of the Sacred History, when, according to the decree of Providence, the Jewish people were t...

TSK: Ezra 7 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Ezr 7:1, Ezra goes up to Jerusalem; Ezr 7:11, The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra; Ezr 7:27, Ezra blesses God for this favour.

Poole: Ezra (Book Introduction) THE ARGUMENT THAT this book of EZRA is part of the canonical Scripture is evident, partly from the testimony of the Jewish church, to which were c...

Poole: Ezra 7 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 7 Ezra’ s genealogy, Ezr 7:1-5 . The priests, Levites, and Ezra go up to Jerusalem, Ezr 7:6-10 . The gracious commission of Artaxerxes...

MHCC: Ezra (Book Introduction) The history of this book is the accomplishment of Jeremiah's prophecy concerning the return of the Jews out of Babylon. From its contents we especiall...

MHCC: Ezra 7 (Chapter Introduction) (Ezr 7:1-10) Ezra goes up to Jerusalem. (v. 11-26) The commission to Ezra. (Ezr 7:27, Ezr 7:28) Ezra blesses God for his favour.

Matthew Henry: Ezra (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Ezra The Jewish church puts on quite another face in this book from what it had appeared wi...

Matthew Henry: Ezra 7 (Chapter Introduction) Ezra's precious name saluted us, at first, in the title of the book, but in the history we have not met with it till this chapter introduces him in...

Constable: Ezra (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title in the English text comes from the main character in the ...

Constable: Ezra (Outline) Outline I. The first return under Sheshbazzar chs. 1-6 A. The return from Babylon chs. 1-2 ...

Constable: Ezra Ezra Bibliography Ackroyd, Peter R. I and II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah. London: SCM Press, 1973. ...

Haydock: Ezra (Book Introduction) THE FIRST BOOK OF ESDRAS. INTRODUCTION. This Book taketh its name from the writer, who was a holy priest and doctor of the law. He is called by...

Gill: Ezra (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EZRA This book, in the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions, is called the "First" Book of Ezra, Nehemiah being reckoned the "second";...

Gill: Ezra 7 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 7 In this chapter we have the lineage and character of Ezra described, Ezr 7:1, his expedition to Jerusalem, and of many other...

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