Ezr 7:6, 25-26 | ESV | STEP | this Ezra went up from Babylonia . He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord , the God of Israel , had given , and the king granted him all that he asked , for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

a ver. 11, 12, 21; Neh. 8:1-3, 13; 12:26, 36

b ver. 9, 28; ch. 8:18, 22, 31; Neh. 2:8, 18; [ch. 5:5]

Ezra 7:6

6 this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe ^askilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, ^bfor the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

Ezra 7:25-26

25 “And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, ^cappoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God. ^dAnd those who do not know them, you shall teach. 26 Whoever will not obey the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be strictly executed on him, whether for death or for banishment or for confiscation of his goods or for imprisonment.”