Nehemiah 11:16

16 And Sabathai and Jozabed, who were over all the outward business of the house of God, of the princes of the Levites,

Nehemiah 11:16 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 11:16

And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites
Along with Shemaiah; these had

the oversight of the outward business of the house of God:
who had the care of the repairs of the temple, and of getting in the wood for the altar, as Jarchi, and collecting the third part of the shekel, to purchase things with for the use of the temple.

Nehemiah 11:16 In-Context

14 And their brethren who were very mighty, a hundred twenty-eight: and their ruler Zabdiel son of the mighty.
15 And of the Levites Semeia the son of Hasub, the son of Azaricam, the son of Hasabia, the son of Boni,
16 And Sabathai and Jozabed, who were over all the outward business of the house of God, of the princes of the Levites,
17 And Mathania the son of Micha, the son of Zebedei, the son of Asaph, was the principal man to praise, and to give glory in prayer, and Becbecia, the second, one of his brethren, and Abda the son of Samua, the son of Galal, the son of Idithun.
18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.
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