And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God in that is your hand, you appoint judges and magistrates who may judge all the people who are Beyond the River; all who know the laws of your God; and those who do not know, you cause to know.
this Ezra went up from Babylon. And he was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which Jehovah the God of Israel had given. And the king granted him all he asked, according to the hand of Jehovah his God on him.
And He said to them in His teaching, Watch out from the scribes, the ones desiring to walk about in long robes, and desiring greetings in the marketplaces,
Be on guard from the scribes, the ones desiring to walk about in long robes, and loving greetings in the markets, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief couches in the suppers,