Nehemiah 11:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Shabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;”
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“Shabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Shabbethai, and Jozabad, <FI>are<Fi> over the outward work of the house of God, of the heads of the Levites,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Nehemiah 11:16 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 26:20Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
- 1 Chronicles 26:29From the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons had the outside duties as officers and judges over Israel.
- Ezra 8:33On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and sacred articles into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, along with the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.
- Ezra 10:15(Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)
- Nehemiah 8:7The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.
- Acts 6:2So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).