Ezra 8:35-36
Evangelical Heritage Version
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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- Ezra 8:36 Satraps were the rulers of large provinces or groups of smaller provinces within the Persian Empire.
Ezra 8:35-36
New International Version
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)
Footnotes
- Ezra 8:35 Or purification offering
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