1 Esdras 8:66-68

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁶⁶ seventy-two lambs, and as a thank-offering twelve male goats—all as a sacrifice to the Lord. ⁶⁷ They delivered the king’s orders to the royal stewards and to the governors of Coelesyria and Phoenicia; and these officials^[a] honoured the people and the temple of the Lord.

Ezra’s Prayer

⁶⁸ After these things had been done, the leaders came to me and said,