Ezekiel 43:13-17
World English Bible
13 “These are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit[a] is a cubit and a hand width): the bottom shall be a cubit, and the width a cubit, and its border around its edge a span;[b] and this shall be the base of the altar. 14 From the bottom on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the width one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the width a cubit. 15 The upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns. 16 The altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, square in its four sides. 17 The ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen wide in its four sides; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and its bottom shall be a cubit around; and its steps shall look toward the east.”
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- 43:13 A normal cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. A hand width is about 4.3 inches or 11 cm.
- 43:13 A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.)
Ezekiel 43:13-17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
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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- Ezekiel 43:13 Lit in cubits (a cubit being a cubit plus a handbreadth)
- Ezekiel 43:13 Lit one cubit
- Ezekiel 43:13 Lit one span
- Ezekiel 43:13 LXX reads height
- Ezekiel 43:14 Lit two cubits
- Ezekiel 43:14 Lit one cubit
- Ezekiel 43:14 Lit four cubits
- Ezekiel 43:15 Hb obscure
- Ezekiel 43:15 Lit four cubits
- Ezekiel 43:16 Lit 12 cubits
- Ezekiel 43:17 Lit 14 cubits
- Ezekiel 43:17 Lit one-half cubit
- Ezekiel 43:17 Lit one cubit
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