Dimensions of the Altar

13 “These are the measurements of the (A)altar in cubits (B)(the [a]cubit is one cubit and a handbreadth): the base one cubit high and one cubit wide, with a rim all around its edge of one span. This is the height of the altar: 14 from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits; the width of the ledge, one cubit; from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits; and the width of the ledge, one cubit. 15 The altar hearth is four cubits high, with four (C)horns extending upward from the [b]hearth. 16 The altar hearth is twelve cubits long, twelve wide, (D)square at its four corners; 17 the ledge, fourteen cubits long and fourteen wide on its four sides, with a rim of half a cubit around it; its base, one cubit all around; and (E)its steps face toward the east.”

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Notas al pie

  1. Ezekiel 43:13 A royal cubit of about 21 inches
  2. Ezekiel 43:15 Heb. ariel

13 And these are the measures of the altar by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth): the [a]bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about a span; and this shall be the [b]base of the altar. 14 And from the bottom [c]upon the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit. 15 And the [d]upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the [e]altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns. 16 And the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof. 17 And the ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad in the four sides thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit round about; and the steps thereof shall look toward the east.

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Notas al pie

  1. Ezekiel 43:13 Or, hollow. Hebrew bosom.
  2. Ezekiel 43:13 Hebrew back.
  3. Ezekiel 43:14 Or, at
  4. Ezekiel 43:15 Hebrew Harel.
  5. Ezekiel 43:15 Hebrew Ariel. See Isa. 29:1.