Artaxerxes also commissioned Ezra to establish a judicial system based upon the Law of God, and he gave Ezra the authority to inflict punishments upon those who would break the Law.

• 此外，亚达薛西王亦吩咐以斯拉根据上帝律法，建立一套司法制度，治理河西的百姓。凡违法者，以斯拉有权予以判罪、行刑。