Ezra 8:31-36

Christian Standard Bible

Arrival in Jerusalem

³¹ We set out from the Ahava River on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem. We were strengthened by our God,^[a](A) and he kept us from the grasp of the enemy and from ambush along the way.^{(B) 32} So we arrived at Jerusalem and rested there for three days.^{(C) 33} On the fourth day the silver, the gold, and the articles were weighed out in the house of our God into the care of the priest Meremoth son of Uriah. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him. The Levites Jozabad^(D) son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui were also with them. ³⁴ Everything was verified by number and weight, and the total weight was recorded at that time.

³⁵ The exiles who had returned from the captivity^(E) offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, and seventy-seven lambs, along with twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering for the Lord.^{(F) 36} They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates,^(G) so that they would support the people and the house of God.^(H)