Ezra 6:15-17

Contemporary English Version

¹⁵ On the third day of the month of Adar^[a] in the sixth year of the rule of Darius,^[b] the temple was finished.

¹⁶ The people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and everyone else who had returned from exile were happy and celebrated as they dedicated God's temple. ¹⁷ One hundred bulls, two hundred rams, and four hundred lambs were offered as sacrifices at the dedication. Also twelve goats were sacrificed as sin offerings for the twelve tribes of Israel.