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34 Distribution was according to inventory[a] and weight, with all weights being recorded at that time.

35 The descendants of those who had been taken into captivity and who had returned from captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all of Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering—all of them burnt offerings to the Lord. 36 Then they delivered copies of[b] the king’s orders to the king’s officers, and governors on this side of the Euphrates[c] River. The orders were in support of the people and God’s Temple.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 8:34 Lit. By number
  2. Ezra 8:36 The Heb. lacks copies of
  3. Ezra 8:36 The Heb. lacks Euphrates