Nehemiah 11:16

11:16 Shabbethai and Jozabad, leaders ¹  of the Levites, were in charge of the external work for the temple of God;

Nehemiah 8:7

8:7 Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah – all of whom were Levites ²  – were teaching the people the law, as the people remained standing.

[11:16]  ¹ tn Heb “who were of the heads.”

[8:7]  ² tc The MT reads “and the Levites.” The conjunction (“and”) should be deleted, following the LXX, Aquila, and the Vulgate. That the vav (ו) of the MT is the vav explicativum (“even the Levites”) is unlikely here.