12* “Ar·ta·xerxʹes,+ the king of kings,+ to Ezʹra the priest, the copyist of the law of the God of the heavens:+ [Peace] be perfected.+ And now

25 “And you, Ezʹra, according to the wisdom+ of your God that is in your hand appoint magistrates and judges that they may continually judge+ all the people that are beyond the River, even all those knowing the laws of your God; and anyone that has not known [them] YOU men will instruct.+