Social: Zeezrom is “foremost” among the lawyers. Clearly there are more than one lawyer, and among them Zeezrom is prominent. The text says that he is prominent because he has “much business to do among the people.” Unfortunately, we do not know what this means. We should be wary of assuming that “business” means commercial transactions. It is more likely representative of interaction. Zeezrom would be prominent because he would be known more to the people due to his greater interaction with them.
Textual: There is no break in the 1830 edition. The exchange with Zeezrom was apparently seen as an essential part of the inserted discourse, and it is intended to be read as a whole.Verse 32 should not have been the splitting point between chapters. Perhaps it might be better to split the chapters at verse 31, but verse 32 is the introduction to a complete section that ends in our chapter 11. When this verse is read, it should be read in conjunction with verses 1-21, as all of these verses from 10:31 through 11:20 lead up to the event of verse 21 in chapter 11.