Ezra 8:31–36

31 Then we departed from the river of pAhava on qthe twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and rthe hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. 32 And swe came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. 33 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels tweighed in the house of our God by the hand of uMeremoth the son of xUriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was yJozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of zBinnui, Levites; 34 By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time. 35 Also the children aof those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, btwelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the Lord. 36 And they delivered the king’s ccommissions unto the king’s dlieutenants, and to the egovernors on this side the river: and they ffurthered the people, and the house of God.