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Ezekiel 43:17

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

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

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:

19 You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD.

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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 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.”
KJV
And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.
WEB
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.”
ASV
And the ledge shall be fourteen [cubits] long by fourteen broad in the four sides thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit round about; and the steps thereof shall look toward the east.
DARBY
And the settle was fourteen [cubits] long by fourteen broad in the four sides thereof; and the border about it, half a cubit; and the bottom thereof a cubit round about: and its steps looked toward the east.
BLB
And the ledge [shall be] fourteen long, and fourteen wide, on the four of its sides, with a rim around it half a cubit, and the base for it a cubit all around; and its steps shall face toward the east.”
ÅB
Og avsatsen skal være fjorten alen lang og fjorten alen bred, med fire like lange sider, og kantlisten omkring den skal være en halv alen, og fotstykket dertil en alen rundt omkring, og dets trapper skal vende mot øst.
OTB
Den øvre avsatsen skal også være kvadratisk, fjorten alen lang og fjorten alen bred. Rundt hele alteret er det en renne på en alen med en kant på en halv alen. Trinnene til alteret skal vende mot øst.”
B1930
Og avsatsen skal være fjorten alen lang og fjorten alen bred, med fire like lange sider, og kantlisten omkring den skal være en halv alen, og fotstykket dertil en alen rundt omkring, og dets trapper skal vende mot øst.

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  • Exodus 20:26

    And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’

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  • Ezekiel 40:6

    Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.

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  • Ezekiel 8:16

    So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

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  • Nehemiah 9:4

    And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.

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  • Exodus 30:3

    Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.

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  • 1 Kings 6:8

    The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.

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  • Exodus 25:25

    And make a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.

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  • 1 Kings 18:32

    And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.

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