Ezra 7:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

After the wisdom of thy God in thy hand That is, which God hath put into thy heart, and which appears in the works of thy hand. Wisdom is sometimes ascribed to the hand, as Psalms 78:72. Or, by the wisdom of God, he means the law of God, which was said to be in his hand, Ezra 7:14. Set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people, &c. All the Jews on that side of the river. All such as know the laws of thy God All that professed the Jewish religion were to be under the jurisdiction of these judges; which intimates that they were exempt from the jurisdiction of heathen magistrates. It was a great favour to the Jews to have such magistrates of themselves, and especially of Ezra's nomination. And teach ye them that know them not They were to instruct in the laws of God those that were ignorant of them, whether Jews or others, which implies that he had no objection to their making proselytes to the Jewish religion.