The Altar

13 “These are the measurements of the altar(A) in units of length (each unit being the standard length plus three inches(B)):[a] the gutter is 21 inches[b] deep and 21 inches wide, with a rim of nine inches[c] around its edge. This is the base[d] of the altar. 14 The distance from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge is 3½ feet,[e] and the width of the ledge is 21 inches.[f] There are seven feet[g] from the small ledge to the large ledge, whose width is also 21 inches. 15 The altar hearth[h] is seven feet[i] high, and four horns(C) project upward from the hearth. 16 The hearth is square, 21 feet[j] long by 21 feet wide.(D) 17 The ledge is 24½ feet[k] long by 24½ feet wide, with four equal sides.(E) The rim all around it is 10½ inches,[l] and its gutter is 21 inches[m] all around it. The altar’s steps face east.”(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 43:13 Lit in cubits (a cubit being a cubit plus a handbreadth)
  2. Ezekiel 43:13 Lit one cubit
  3. Ezekiel 43:13 Lit one span
  4. Ezekiel 43:13 LXX reads height
  5. Ezekiel 43:14 Lit two cubits
  6. Ezekiel 43:14 Lit one cubit
  7. Ezekiel 43:14 Lit four cubits
  8. Ezekiel 43:15 Hb obscure
  9. Ezekiel 43:15 Lit four cubits
  10. Ezekiel 43:16 Lit 12 cubits
  11. Ezekiel 43:17 Lit 14 cubits
  12. Ezekiel 43:17 Lit one-half cubit
  13. Ezekiel 43:17 Lit one cubit

13 And these are the measurements of the altar in the cubits[a] (a cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth):[b] now its gutter[c] is a cubit[d] in depth by a cubit[e] in width[f] and its rim along its edge all around is one span,[g] and this is also the height of the altar. 14 And from the gutter[h] at the ground up to the lower ledge is two cubits,[i] and its width is one cubit,[j] and from the small ledge up to the large ledge is four cubits,[k] and its width is one cubit. 15 And the altar hearth was four cubits,[l] and from the altar hearth and upwards[m] were the four horns of the altar. 16 And the altar hearth was twelve[n] cubits in length and twelve[o] cubits in width[p]; it was squared on its four sides.[q] 17 And the ledge was fourteen[r] cubits in length with fourteen[s] cubits its width[t] to all four of its sides, and a rim was all around it of one-half cubit.[u] And the gutter[v] for it was a cubit[w] all around, and its steps were facing east.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 43:13 Or “in long cubits”
  2. Ezekiel 43:13 That is, about 18 inches (regular cubit) + 3 inches = 21 inches (long cubit)
  3. Ezekiel 43:13 Or “trench” (NJPS)
  4. Ezekiel 43:13 That is, 21 inches
  5. Ezekiel 43:13 That is, 21 inches
  6. Ezekiel 43:13 Literally “the cubit and cubit its width”
  7. Ezekiel 43:13 That is, 9 inches
  8. Ezekiel 43:14 Or “trench”
  9. Ezekiel 43:14 That is, 3 feet 6 inches
  10. Ezekiel 43:14 That is, 21 inches
  11. Ezekiel 43:14 That is, 7 feet
  12. Ezekiel 43:15 That is, 7 feet
  13. Ezekiel 43:15 Literally “and to above”
  14. Ezekiel 43:16 Literally “two ten”
  15. Ezekiel 43:16 Literally “two ten”
  16. Ezekiel 43:16 That is, 21 feet square
  17. Ezekiel 43:16 Literally “squared to the four of its sides”
  18. Ezekiel 43:17 Literally “four ten”
  19. Ezekiel 43:17 Literally “four ten”
  20. Ezekiel 43:17 That is, 24.5 feet on all four sides, a square
  21. Ezekiel 43:17 That is, 10.5 inches
  22. Ezekiel 43:17 Or “trench”
  23. Ezekiel 43:17 That is, 21 inches