Berean Standard Bible

Ezekiel 43:13-17

13These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits1 (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span2 around its edge.

And this is the height of the altar: 14The space from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide.3 The space from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide.4

15The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth. 16The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.5 17The ledge shall also be square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide,6 with a rim of half a cubit7 and a gutter of a cubit all around it. The steps of the altar shall face east.”

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Notes

1. Ezekiel 43:13 The long cubit, about 21 inches or 53.3 centimeters, is the basic unit for linear measurement throughout Ezekiel 40–48. ↩
2. Ezekiel 43:13 One span is approximately 9 inches or 22.9 centimeters. ↩
3. Ezekiel 43:14 The space was to be approximately 3.5 feet (1.1 meters), and the ledge was to be approximately 1.75 feet wide (53.3 centimeters wide). ↩
4. Ezekiel 43:14 The space was to be approximately 7 feet (2.1 meters), and the ledge was to be approximately 1.75 feet wide (53.3 centimeters wide). ↩
5. Ezekiel 43:16 12 (long) cubits is approximately 21 feet or 6.4 meters. ↩
6. Ezekiel 43:17 14 (long) cubits is approximately 24.5 feet or 7.5 meters. ↩
7. Ezekiel 43:17 A half cubit is approximately 10.5 inches or 26.7 centimeters. ↩

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