34 The whole was counted and weighed, and the weight of everything was recorded.

35 At that time (A)those who had come from captivity, the returned exiles, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, (B)twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and as a sin offering twelve male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord. 36 (C)They also delivered the king's commissions to the king's (D)satraps[a] and to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and they aided the people and the house of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 8:36 A satrap was a Persian official

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