Ezra 7:12

7:12 ¹ “Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the perfect law of the God of heaven:

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 ²  liable to the appropriate penalty, whether it is death or banishment or confiscation of property or detainment in prison.”

Ezra 7:14

7:14 You are authorized ³  by the king and his seven advisers to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your possession, ⁴ 

Ezra 7:21

7:21 “I, King Artaxerxes, hereby issue orders to all the treasurers of ⁵  Trans-Euphrates, that you precisely execute all that Ezra the priestly scribe of the law of the God of heaven may request of you –

Ezra 7:25

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

[7:12]  ¹ sn Ezra 7:12-26 is written in Aramaic rather than Hebrew.

[7:26]  ² tn On the meaning of this word see HALOT 1820-21 s.v. אָסְפַּרְנָא; E. Vogt, Lexicon linguae aramaicae, 14.

[7:14]  ³ tn Aram “sent.”

[7:14]  ⁴ tn Aram “in your hand.”

[7:21]  ⁴ tn Aram “who are in.”

[7:25]  ⁵ tn Aram “in your hand.”

[7:25]  ⁶ tc For the MT reading שָׁפְטִין (shoftim, “judges”) the LXX uses the noun γραμματεῖς (grammatei", “scribes”).