1 Esdras 7:8

8 and twelve male goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the twelve leaders of the tribes of Israel;

1 Esdras 7:8 In-Context

6 And the people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of those who returned from exile who joined them, did according to what was written in the book of Moses.

7 They offered at the dedication of the temple of the Lord one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs,

8 and twelve male goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the twelve leaders of the tribes of Israel;

9 and the priests and the Levites stood arrayed in their vestments, according to kindred, for the services of the Lord God of Israel in accordance with the book of Moses; and the gatekeepers were at each gate.

10 The people of Israel who came from exile kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, after the priests and the Levites were purified together.