Ezra 7:25 References
25
"You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which is in your hand, aappoint magistrates and judges that they may judge all the people who are in the province beyond the River, even all those who know the laws of your God; and you may bteach anyone who is ignorant of them.
a Exodus 18:21, Deuteronomy 16:18
Exodus 18
21
"Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people aable men bwho fear God, men of truth, those who chate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens.
Deuteronomy 16
18
"You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.