Ezekiel 43:17

Ezekiel 43:17 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)The upper ledge also is square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide. All around the altar is a gutter of one cubit with a rim of half a cubit. The steps of the altar face east.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The ledge also shall be square, fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad, with a rim around it half a cubit broad, and its base one cubit all around. The steps of the altar shall face east."
• New King James Version (NKJV)the ledge, fourteen cubits long and fourteen wide on its four sides, with a rim of half a cubit around it; its base, one cubit all around; and its steps face toward the east.”

Context of Ezekiel 43:17

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. 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.” 18Then 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 splattered on it: 19You 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.

Ezekiel 43:17 word by word

וְהָעֲזָרָ֞ה אַרְבַּ֧ע עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה אֹ֗רֶךְ בְּאַרְבַּ֤ע עֶשְׂרֵה֙ רֹ֔חַב אֶ֖ל אַרְבַּ֣עַת רְבָעֶ֑יהָ וְהַגְּבוּל סָבִ֨יב אוֹתָ֜הּ חֲצִ֣י הָאַמָּ֗ה וְהַֽחֵיק־לָ֤הּ אַמָּה֙ סָבִ֔יב וּמַעֲלֹתֵ֖הוּ פְּנ֥וֹת קָדִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• The ledgeעֲזָרָה‛ăzârâh · enclosureH5835
• squareאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• squareאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• squareרֶ֫בַעreba‛ · fourthH7253
• fourteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• longאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• wideרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• with a rimגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• of halfחֲצִיchêtsîy · halfH2677
• a cubitאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• and a gutterחֵיקchêyq chêq chôq · bosom: lapH2436
• all aroundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• itאֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• The steps of the altarמַעֲלָהma‛ălâh · stepH4609
• faceפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• eastקָדִיםqâdîym qâdim · eastH6921

Cross-references for Ezekiel 43:17

• Exodus 25:25And make a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.
• Exodus 30:3Overlay with pure gold the top and all the sides and horns, and make a molding of gold around it.
• 1 Kings 18:32And 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.
• Exodus 20:26And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’
• Ezekiel 8:16So 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.
• Ezekiel 40:6Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.
• 1 Kings 6:8The 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.
• Nehemiah 9:4And 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.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 43:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17And the settle - The ledge on which the priests walked round the altar, see Ezekiel 43:14. By these settles or ledges the altar was narrowed towards the top. "The ascent shall look toward the east;" this ascent was an inclined plane. But these settles, or more properly ledges, as Bp. Newcome translates, may be thus computed. The altar itself was ten feet high and twenty broad; the same as that of Solomon, 2 Chronicles 4:1. Height Cubits For the base…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17The settle - The “lower settle” (L), projecting beyond the “upper settle” (M) one cubit on every side. His stairs - Jewish tradition says that the approach to the altar was by an inclined plane, because to go up “by steps” was forbidden Exodus 20:26. The number “twelve” was symbolic of the twelve tribes, “four,” of the earth; “sixteen” is the square of “four,” and “fourteen” the double of “seven,” the number of the covenant, as being composed of “three,”…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17Steps led up to this altar from the east side. Normally, in the ancient Near East, steps came from the west. This change might have been to avoid any suggestion of sun worship (see Ezekiel 8:16).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 43:17

• Altar

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• Altar
• Atonement, Day of
• Bottom
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Ledge
• Leviticus
• Priests and Levites
• Settle (1)

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