And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

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

and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were over the outward work of the house of God;

and Shabbethai, and Jozabad, are over the outward work of the house of God, of the heads of the Levites,

And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were responsible for the outside business of the house of God;

and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of God's house;

and Shabbethai and Jozabad, who were over all the works which were exterior to the house of God, from among the leaders of the Levites.

The outward business of the house of God - Such as the collection of the newly-imposed tax Nehemiah 10:32, the providing of the regular sacrifices, the renewal of vestments, and the like.

And Shabbethai - This verse, with Nehemiah 11:20, Nehemiah 11:21, Nehemiah 11:28, Nehemiah 11:29, Nehemiah 11:32, Nehemiah 11:33, Nehemiah 11:34, and Nehemiah 11:35, are all wanting in the Septuagint and the whole chapter is wanting in the Arabic, the translator not being concerned in Jewish genealogies.
The outward business - Calmet supposes that he provided the victuals for the priests, victims for the sacrifices, the sacerdotal vestments, the sacred vessels, and other necessaries for the service of the temple.

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.

the oversight of the outward business of the house of God--that is, those things which were done outside, or in the country, such as the collecting of the provisions (1-Chronicles 26:29).

Outward - For those things belonging to the temple and its service, which were to be done without it, or abroad in the country, as the gathering in of the voluntary contributions, or other necessary provision out of the several parts of the land.