Ezra 8:24

Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests ,.... That were in company with him; so that it seems there were more than the two mentioned, Ezra 8:2 , very probably their families, or some of their brethren, were with them:

Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them ; these men named were Levites, and not priests, Ezra 8:18 and therefore the copulative "and" must be supplied:

and Sherebiah , &c.; or with the twelve priests, Sherebiah, &c.; and ten Levites more with them; so that the number of priests and Levites were equal, and in all twenty four.