Ezra 8:34-36

Christian Standard Bible

³⁴ Everything was verified by number and weight, and the total weight was recorded at that time.

³⁵ The exiles who had returned from the captivity^(A) offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, and seventy-seven lambs, along with twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering for the Lord.^{(B) 36} They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates,^(C) so that they would support the people and the house of God.^(D)