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^[a] the king’s orders to the king’s officers, and governors on this side of the Euphrates^[b] River. The orders were in support of the people and God’s Temple.