Ezra 7:25
King James Version
“And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know not.”
Context
22Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing
23Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
24Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
25And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know not.
26And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
27Blessed the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which in Jerusalem:
28And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.