Ezra 7:26

7:26 Everyone who does not observe both the law of your God and the law of the king will be completely ¹  liable to the appropriate penalty, whether it is death or banishment or confiscation of property or detainment in prison.”

Ezra 4:14

4:14 In light of the fact that we are loyal to the king, ²  and since it does not seem appropriate to us that the king should sustain damage, ³  we are sending the king this information ⁴ 

Ezra 7:25

7:25 “Now you, Ezra, in keeping with the wisdom of your God which you possess, ⁵  appoint judges ⁶  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.

¹ tn On the meaning of this word see HALOT 1820-21 s.v. אָסְפַּרְנָא; E. Vogt, Lexicon linguae aramaicae, 14.

² tn Aram “we eat the salt of the palace.”

³ tn Aram “the dishonor of the king is not fitting for us to see.”

⁴ tn Aram “and we have made known.”

³ tn Aram “in your hand.”

⁴ tc For the MT reading שָׁפְטִין (shoftim, “judges”) the LXX uses the noun γραμματεῖς (grammatei", “scribes”).