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Ezekiel 43:13

11 and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.

12 This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.

These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar:

14 The space from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. The space from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide.

15 The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar:
KJV
And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.
WEB
“These are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit 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; and this shall be the base of the altar.
ASV
And these are the measures of the altar by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth): the 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 base of the altar.
DARBY
And these are the measures of the altar in cubits: the cubit is a cubit and a hand breadth. The bottom was a cubit [in height] and the breadth a cubit, and its border on the edge thereof round about, one span: and this was the base of the altar.
BLB
And these [are] the measurements of the altar in cubits (a cubit [is] a cubit and a handbreadth): The base [shall be] one cubit [high] and one cubit wide, and its rim to its edge all around a span of one; and this [is] the height of the altar.
ÅB
Og dette er alterets mål i alen - hver alen regnet til en almindelig alen og en håndsbredd: Der skal være et fotstykke, én alen høyt og én alen bredt, og kantlisten på randen av det skal være et spann rundt omkring; dette er alterets underlag.
OTB
“Dette er målene på alteret i lange alen (en alen er en alen og en håndsbredd): sokkelen skal være en alen dyp og en alen bred, med en kant på en håndsbredd rundt kanten. Dette er høyden på alteret:
B1930
Og dette er alterets mål i alen - hver alen regnet til en almindelig alen og en håndsbredd: Der skal være et fotstykke, én alen høit og én alen bredt, og kantlisten på randen av det skal være et spann rundt omkring; dette er alterets underlag.

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  • Exodus 27:1–8

    “You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

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  • Ezekiel 41:8

    I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the full length of a rod, six long cubits.

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  • Ezekiel 40:5

    And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.

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  • 2 Chronicles 4:1

    He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

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