1 Esdras 8:65-67

Revised Standard Version

⁶⁵ And those who had come back from captivity offered sacrifices to the Lord, the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, ⁶⁶ seventy-two lambs, and as a thank offering twelve he-goats—all as a sacrifice to the Lord. ⁶⁷ And they delivered the king’s orders to the royal stewards and to the governors of Coelesyria and Phoenic′ia; and these officials^[a] honored the people and the temple of the Lord.