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The Altar

13 “These are the measurements of the altar[a]: There is a gutter all around the altar 21 inches deep and 21 inches wide,[b] with a curb 9 inches[c] wide around its edge. And this is the height[d] of the altar: 14 From the gutter the altar rises 3 1⁄2 feet[e] to a lower ledge that surrounds the altar and is 21 inches[f] wide. From the lower ledge the altar rises 7 feet[g] to the upper ledge that is also 21 inches wide. 15 The top of the altar, the hearth, rises another 7 feet higher, with a horn rising up from each of the four corners. 16 The top of the altar is square, measuring 21 feet by 21 feet.[h] 17 The upper ledge also forms a square, measuring 24 1⁄2 feet by 24 1⁄2 feet,[i] with a 21-inch gutter and a 10 1⁄2-inch curb[j] all around the edge. There are steps going up the east side of the altar.”

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Footnotes

  1. 43:13a Hebrew measurements of the altar in long cubits, each being a cubit [18 inches or 45 centimeters] and a handbreadth [3 inches or 8 centimeters] in length.
  2. 43:13b Hebrew a cubit [53 centimeters] deep and a cubit wide.
  3. 43:13c Hebrew 1 span [23 centimeters].
  4. 43:13d As in Greek version; Hebrew reads base.
  5. 43:14a Hebrew 2 cubits [1.1 meters].
  6. 43:14b Hebrew 1 cubit [53 centimeters]; also in 43:14d.
  7. 43:14c Hebrew 4 cubits [2.1 meters]; also in 43:15.
  8. 43:16 Hebrew 12 [cubits] [6.4 meters] long and 12 [cubits] wide.
  9. 43:17a Hebrew 14 [cubits] [7.4 meters] long and 14 [cubits] wide.
  10. 43:17b Hebrew a gutter of 1 cubit [53 centimeters] and a curb of 1⁄2 a cubit [27 centimeters].

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