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Ezekiel 43:16

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.

The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.

17 The ledge shall also be square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, with a rim of half a cubit and a gutter of a cubit all around it. The steps of the altar shall face east.”

18 Then He said to me: “Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is constructed, so that burnt offerings may be sacrificed on it and blood may be sprinkled on it:

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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
The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.
KJV
And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
WEB
The altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, square in its four sides.
ASV
And the altar hearth shall be twelve [cubits] long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.
DARBY
And the hearth of God was twelve [cubits] long, by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.
BLB
And the altar hearth [shall be] twelve long by twelve wide, being square at the four of its corners.
ÅB
Og Ariel skal være tolv alen lang og tolv alen bred, firkantet med fire like lange sider.
OTB
Alterets ildsted skal være kvadratisk, tolv alen langt og tolv alen bredt.
B1930
Og Ariel skal være tolv alen lang og tolv alen bred, firkantet med fire like lange sider.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 27:1

    “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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  • Exodus 38:1–2

    Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

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  • Ezra 3:3

    They set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the LORD—both the morning and evening burnt offerings—even though they feared the people of the land.

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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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