Ezra 8:24

24. Twelve of the chief of the priests Not high priests, but leading men, specially distinguished for age or wisdom, among the priests that were with Ezra.

Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten According to the English version, which follows the Sept. and Vulg., these were the twelve priests just mentioned; but from Ezra 8:18-19, and elsewhere, it appears that Sherebiah and Hashabiah were not priests, but Levites. And as our author is so careful to distinguish between priests and Levites in Ezra 8:15, we can hardly suppose he confounds them here. The Hebrew literally reads: I separated from the chief of the priests twelve unto ( ל ) Sherebiah, etc. That is, he appointed twelve priests in addition to Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and their ten brethren, so that there were twenty-four persons in all to whom the treasures were intrusted twelve priests and twelve Levites. Compare Ezra 8:30.