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34 Everything was counted and weighed, and the weight of everything was recorded at that time.

35 The exiles who had come from the captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve goats for a sin offering—all offered as a burnt offering to the Lord.

36 They also delivered the king’s laws to the king’s satraps[a] and the governors of Trans-Euphrates, and they supported the people and the house of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 8:36 Satraps were the rulers of large provinces or groups of smaller provinces within the Persian Empire.