1 Esdras 8:62-64

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⁶² with him was Eleazar son of Phinehas, and with them were Jozabad son of Jeshua and Moeth son of Binnui, the Levites. The whole was counted and weighed, and the weight of everything was recorded at that very time. ⁶³ And those who had returned from exile offered sacrifices to the Lord, the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-two lambs, and as a thank offering twelve male goats—all as a sacrifice to the Lord.^{(A) 64} They delivered the king’s orders to the royal stewards and to the governors of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, and these officials^[a] honored the nation and the temple of the Lord.^(B)