Ezra 8:31-36

New English Translation

³¹ On the twelfth day of the first month we began traveling from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from our enemies and from bandits^[a] along the way. ³² So we came to Jerusalem, and we stayed there for three days. ³³ On the fourth day we weighed out the silver, the gold, and the vessels in the house of our God into the care^[b] of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest, and Eleazar son of Phinehas, who were accompanied by Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui, who were Levites. ³⁴ Everything was verified^[c] by number and by weight, and the total weight was written down at that time.

³⁵ The exiles who were returning from the captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel—twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven male lambs, along with twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord. ³⁶ Then they presented the decrees of the king to the king’s satraps and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, who assisted the people and the temple of God.