Ezekiel 43:15

Ezekiel 43:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
• New International Version (NIV)Above that, the altar hearth is four cubits high, and four horns project upward from the hearth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward, four horns.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The altar hearth is four cubits high, with four horns extending upward from the hearth.

Context of Ezekiel 43:15

13“And these are the measurements of the altar [of burnt offering] in cubits (the cubit being a [long] cubit [the length of a forearm] and a hand width): the base shall be a cubit [long] and a cubit wide, with its border on its edge all around it of a span [in width]. And this shall be the height of the base of the altar. 14From the base on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits and the width one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits and the width one cubit. The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns [one from each corner, each one cubit high]. 16Now the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, square in its four sides. 17The ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen wide on its four sides, and the border around it shall be half a cubit; and its base shall be a cubit all around, and its steps shall face the east.”

Ezekiel 43:15 word by word

וְהַֽהַרְאֵ֖ל אַרְבַּ֣ע אַמּ֑וֹת וּמֵהָאֲרִיאֵ֣ל וּלְמַ֔עְלָה הַקְּרָנ֖וֹת אַרְבַּֽע׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So the altarהַרְאֵלhar'êl · altarH2025
• So the altarאֲרִאֵיל'ări'êyl · altarH741
• fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• and upwardמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605
• hornsקֶ֫רֶןqeren · hornH7161

Cross-references for Ezekiel 43:15

• Isaiah 29:1Woe (judgment is coming) to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David [once] camped! Add yet another year; let the feasts run their course [but only one year more].
• Exodus 27:2Make horns (horn-shaped projections) for it on its four corners; the horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.
• Leviticus 9:9The sons of Aaron presented the blood to him; he dipped his finger in the blood and put some of it on the horns of the altar, and poured out the rest of the blood at the altar’s base;
• 1 Kings 2:28Now the news reached Joab, for Joab had supported and followed Adonijah, although he had not followed Absalom. So Joab fled to the [sacred] tent of the Lord and took hold of the horns of the altar [to seek asylum].
• Psalms 118:27The Lord is God, and He has given us light [illuminating us with His grace and freedom and joy]. Bind the festival sacrifices with cords to the horns of the altar.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 43:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15So the altar - ההראל haharel, "the mount of God." And from the altar - ומהאראיל umihaariel, "and from the lion of God." Perhaps the first was a name given to the altar when elevated to the honor of God, and on which the victims were offered to him, and the second, the lion of God, may mean the hearth, which might have been thus called, because it devoured and consumed the burnt-offerings, as a lion does his prey. See on Isaiah 29:1; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15The altar … the altar - See the margin. The two words may denote, the first a square block (N) placed upon the upper settle, the second a slab (O), the thickness of which is not given, from which rose four horns Exodus 27:2; and to which it seems probable that the victims of sacrifice were at times bound. Psalm 118:27. Why the names Harel and Ariel were used must be conjectural. Mount of God may have been a title naturally given to the place of sacrifice…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-16The holiness of the temple area would be protected in two ways. First, sinners were kept out of the sacred space. Second, the sacrificial system dealt with sin and impurity. This focus on holiness is clear from the detailed description of the altar in the inner court. The altar stood at the center of the entire temple complex. Its central place shows how important it was. The altar shown to Ezekiel was much larger than the altar in front of the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-2713-27. As to the altar of burnt offering, which was the appointed means of access to God.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 43:15

• Altar

In the dictionaries

• Ariel
• Altar
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Hearth
• Horn
• Horns of the Altar
• Leviticus

Commentaries on Ezekiel 43

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings