The Altar

13 “These are the measurements of the altar(A) in units of length (each unit being the standard length plus three inches):[a](B) 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. There are 7 feet[f] from the small ledge to the large ledge, whose width is also 21 inches. 15 The altar hearth[g] is 7 feet high, and four horns(C) project upward from the hearth. 16 The hearth is square, 21 feet[h] long by 21 feet wide.(D) 17 The ledge is 24½ feet[i] long by 24½ feet wide, with four equal sides.(E) The rim all around it is 10½ inches,[j] and its gutter is 21 inches all around it. The altar’s steps face east.”(F)

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Footnotes

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

The Altar of Sacrifice

13 “And these are the measurements of the (A)altar by cubits (the (B)cubit being a [a]cubit and a hand width): the [b]base shall be a cubit and the width a cubit, and its border on its edge all around one span; and this shall be the height of the [c]base of the altar. 14 And from the base on the ground to the lower (C)ledge shall be two cubits, and the width one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the width [d]one cubit. 15 The [e]altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the [f]altar hearth shall extend upward four (D)horns. 16 Now the [g]altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, (E)square in its four sides. 17 And the ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen wide in its four sides, the border around it shall be half a cubit, and its base shall be a cubit all around; and its (F)steps shall [h](G)face east.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 43:13 A cubit and hand width equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
  2. Ezekiel 43:13 Lit lap
  3. Ezekiel 43:13 Or back
  4. Ezekiel 43:14 Lit the
  5. Ezekiel 43:15 Or ariel shall
  6. Ezekiel 43:15 Or ariel shall
  7. Ezekiel 43:16 Heb ariel
  8. Ezekiel 43:17 Or be on the east side