Offerings and decrees delivered

35Those who had come from the captivity, the sons of the exile, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering. All of it was a burnt offering to Yahweh.

36And they delivered the king’s decrees to the king’s satraps and the governors Beyond the River, and they supported the people and the house of God.