Add parallel Print Page Options

The Altar

13 “Here are the measurements of the altar in cubits that were a cubit and a handbreadth[a] long: its base is a cubit[b] long and a cubit[c] wide, and its border around the edge at one handbreadth[d] is to be the height of the altar. 14 From the base on the ground to its lower edge is to be two cubits,[e] with its width to be one cubit.[f] From the lesser ledge to the larger edge is to be four cubits.[g] Its width is to be one cubit.[h] 15 The hearth is to be four cubits high,[i] and four horns are to extend upwards from the hearth. 16 The hearth is to be twelve cubits[j] long and twelve cubits[k] wide; that is, it will be a four-sided square. 17 It is to have a ledge fourteen cubits[l] long by fourteen cubits[m] wide around the four sides. Its border is to be half a cubit[n] and its base is to be a cubit[o] all around, with its steps facing east.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 43:13 I.e. the royal cubit, which measured about 21 inches
  2. Ezekiel 43:13 I.e. about 21 inches; the royal cubit was about 21 inches
  3. Ezekiel 43:13 I.e. about 21 inches; the royal cubit was about 21 inches
  4. Ezekiel 43:13 I.e. about three inches
  5. Ezekiel 43:14 I.e. about 3.5 feet; the royal cubit was about 21 inches
  6. Ezekiel 43:14 I.e. about 21 inches; the royal cubit was about 21 inches
  7. Ezekiel 43:14 I.e. about seven feet; the royal cubit was about 21 inches
  8. Ezekiel 43:14 I.e. about 21 inches; the royal cubit was about 21 inches
  9. Ezekiel 43:15 The Heb. lacks high
  10. Ezekiel 43:16 The Heb. lacks cubits
  11. Ezekiel 43:16 The Heb. lacks cubits
  12. Ezekiel 43:17 The Heb. lacks cubits
  13. Ezekiel 43:17 The Heb. lacks cubits
  14. Ezekiel 43:17 I.e. about 10.5 inches; the royal cubit was about 21 inches
  15. Ezekiel 43:17 I.e. about 21 inches; the royal cubit was about 21 inches