Footnotes

1. Ezekiel 43:13 tn Heb “the measurements of the altar by cubits, the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth.” The measuring units here and in the remainder of this section are the Hebrew “long” cubit, consisting of a cubit (about 18 inches or 45 cm) and a handbreadth (about 3 inches or 7.5 cm), for a total of 21 inches (52.5 cm). Because modern readers are not familiar with the cubit as a unit of measurement, and due to the additional complication of the “long” cubit as opposed to the regular cubit, all measurements have been converted to American standard feet and inches, with the Hebrew measurements and the metric equivalents given in the notes. On the altar see Ezek 40:47.
2. Ezekiel 43:13 tn The Hebrew term normally means “bosom.” Here it refers to a hollow in the ground.
3. Ezekiel 43:13 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).
4. Ezekiel 43:13 tn The word “high” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied in the translation for clarity.
5. Ezekiel 43:13 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).
6. Ezekiel 43:13 tn Heb “one span.” A span was three handbreadths, or about nine inches (i.e., 22.5 cm).
7. Ezekiel 43:13 tc Heb “bulge, protuberance, mound.” The translation follows the LXX.
8. Ezekiel 43:14 tn Heb “2 cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
9. Ezekiel 43:14 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm; the phrase occurs again later in this verse).
10. Ezekiel 43:14 tn Heb “4 cubits” (i.e., 2.1 meters; the phrase also occurs in the next verse).
11. Ezekiel 43:16 tn The precise Hebrew word used here to refer to an “altar hearth” occurs only here in the OT.
12. Ezekiel 43:16 tn Heb “12 cubits” (i.e., 6.3 meters; the phrase occurs twice in this verse).
13. Ezekiel 43:17 tn Heb “fourteen”; the word “cubits” is not in the Hebrew text but is understood from the context; the phrase occurs again later in this verse. Fourteen cubits is about 7.35 meters.
14. Ezekiel 43:17 tn Heb “half a cubit” (i.e., 26.25 cm).
15. Ezekiel 43:17 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).