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Nehemiah 13:13

And I made treasurers over the treasuries
New ones, since the others appointed were either dead or unfaithful to their trust, ( Nehemiah 12:44 ) ,

Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe;
who also was a priest, as Ezra was both priest and scribe; one that besides his office as a priest was expert in the law, and capable of instructing others:

and of the Levites, Pedaiah, and next to them was Hanan the son of
Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, for they were counted faithful;
had a good report of all that knew them, for men of fidelity and uprightness, and so fit for such a trust:

and their office was to distribute unto their brethren;
to deliver to them their share in the tithes, first fruits