The children of the captivity who had returned with Ezra "offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel" for a sin offering and as a token of their gratitude and thanksgiving for the protection of holy angels during the journey. "And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God." Verses 35, 36.

De landflygtige, som var vendt hjem sammen med Ezra, bragte "brændofre til Israels Gud" dels som et syndoffer og dels som et udtryk for deres taknemmelighed over, at de var blevet beskyttet af hellige engle på rejsen. "Og de overgav kongens befalinger til kongens satraper og statholderne hinsides floden, og disse ydede folket og Guds hus deres hjælp." 35-36. vers.