Ezekiel 43:16-18
International Standard Version
16 The hearth is to be twelve cubits[a] long and twelve cubits[b] wide; that is, it will be a four-sided square. 17 It is to have a ledge fourteen cubits[c] long by fourteen cubits[d] wide around the four sides. Its border is to be half a cubit[e] and its base is to be a cubit[f] all around, with its steps facing east.”
The Offerings
18 Then he told me, “This is what the Lord God says: ‘These are the regulations for the altar, starting the day that it is constructed for presenting burnt offerings and sprinkling blood.
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- Ezekiel 43:16 The Heb. lacks cubits
- Ezekiel 43:16 The Heb. lacks cubits
- Ezekiel 43:17 The Heb. lacks cubits
- Ezekiel 43:17 The Heb. lacks cubits
- Ezekiel 43:17 I.e. about 10.5 inches; the royal cubit was about 21 inches
- Ezekiel 43:17 I.e. about 21 inches; the royal cubit was about 21 inches
Ezekiel 43:16-18
New International Version
16 The altar hearth is square, twelve cubits[a] long and twelve cubits wide.(A) 17 The upper ledge(B) also is square, fourteen cubits[b] long and fourteen cubits wide. All around the altar is a gutter of one cubit with a rim of half a cubit.[c] The steps(C) of the altar face east.(D)”
18 Then he said to me, “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: These will be the regulations for sacrificing burnt offerings(E) and splashing blood(F) against the altar when it is built:
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 43:16 That is, about 21 feet or about 6.4 meters
- Ezekiel 43:17 That is, about 25 feet or about 7.4 meters
- Ezekiel 43:17 That is, about 11 inches or about 27 centimeters
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