³⁵ Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls^(A) for all Israel,^(B) ninety-six rams, seventy-seven male lambs and, as a sin offering,^[a] twelve male goats.^(C) All this was a burnt offering to the Lord. ³⁶ They also delivered the king’s orders^(D) to the royal satraps and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates,^(E) who then gave assistance to the people and to the house of God.^(F)