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65 Those forsooth, that came from the captivity, offered sacrifice of (or unto) the Lord of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, fourscore wethers and six (or eighty-six rams),

66 two and seventy lambs, twelve goats for sin [or goats for sin twelve], and twelve kine for health; all into the sacrifice of the Lord. (seventy-two lambs, and twelve goats for a peace offering; all for a sacrifice to the Lord.)

67 And again they read the behests of the king to the king’s dispensers, and to the little-under-kings (or to the under-little-kings) of Celosyria, and of Phenice; and they worshipped the folk and the temple of the Lord. (And they read the commands of the king to the king’s stewards, and to the governors of Greater Syria and Phoenicia; and they honoured the people and the Temple of the Lord.)

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