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.”