Nehemiah 11:16
Good News Translation
Shabbethai and Jozabad, prominent Levites in charge of the work outside the Temple.

New Revised Standard Version
and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the leaders of the Levites, who were over the outside work of the house of God;

Contemporary English Version
Next, there were Shabbethai and Jozabad, the Levite leaders in charge of the work outside the temple.

New American Bible
Shabbethai and Jozabad, levitical chiefs who were placed over the external affairs of the house of God;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Sabathai and Jozabed, who were over all the outward business of the house of God, of the princes of the Levites,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Shabbethai.

Nehemiah 8:7 Now Josue, and Bani, and Serebia, Jamin, Accub, Sephtai, Odia, Maasia, Celtia, Azarias, Jozabed, Hanan, Phalaia, the Levites, made silence among the people to hear the law: and the people stood in their place.

had the oversight of.

1 Chronicles 26:20 Now Achias was over the treasures of the house of God, and the holy vessels.

outward.

Acts 6:2,3 Then the twelve, calling together the multitude of the disciples, said: It is not reason that we should leave the word of God and serve tables. . . .

Context
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15And of the Levites Semeia the son of Hasub, the son of Azaricam, the son of Hasabia, the son of Boni, 16And Sabathai and Jozabed, who were over all the outward business of the house of God, of the princes of the Levites,17And 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.…
Cross References
1 Chronicles 26:29
But Chonenias and his sons were over the Isaarites, for the business abroad over Israel to teach them and judge them.

Nehemiah 11:15
And of the Levites Semeia the son of Hasub, the son of Azaricam, the son of Hasabia, the son of Boni,

Nehemiah 11:17
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.

Nehemiah 11:15
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