Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezra 7:10

10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

Or, directed, &c. i. e. He had set his mind and affections upon it, and made it his chief design and business.

i. e. To search and find out the true sense and meaning of it, and thence to learn what sins or errours were to be reformed, and what duties were to be performed.

The order of things in this verse is very observable: first he endeavours to understand Gods Law and Word, and that not for curiosity o[illegible: 1+ letters] ostentation, but in order to practice: next he conscientiously practiseth what he did understand, which made his Doctrine much more effectual: and then he earnestly desires and labours to instruct and edifie others, that they also might know and do it.