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; and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns. 16Now the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, square in its four sides. The ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen wide in its four sides, the border around it shall be half a cubit and its base shall be a cubit round about; and its steps shall face the east.” 18And He said to me, “Son of man, thus says the Lord God, ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is built, to offer burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it. 19You shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of Zadok, who draw near to Me to minister to Me,’ declares the Lord God, ‘a young bull for a sin offering.

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
• fourteenאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• fourteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• longאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• wideרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• sidesרֶ֫בַעreba‛ · fourthH7253
• the borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• aroundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• halfחֲצִיchêtsîy · halfH2677
• a cubitאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• and its baseחֵיקchêyq chêq chôq · bosom: lapH2436
• stepsמַעֲלָהma‛ălâh · stepH4609
• faceפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• the eastקָדִיםqâdîym qâdim · eastH6921

Cross-references for Ezekiel 43:17

• Exodus 25:25You shall make for it a rim of a handbreadth around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it.
• Exodus 30:3You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding all around for it.
• 1 Kings 18:32So with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord, and he made a trench around the altar, large enough to hold two measures of seed.
• Exodus 20:26And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, so that your nakedness will not be exposed on it.’
• Ezekiel 8:16Then He brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house. And behold, at the entrance to the temple of the Lord, between the porch 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 prostrating themselves eastward toward the sun.
• Ezekiel 40:6Then he went to the gate which faced east, went up its steps and measured the threshold of the gate, one rod in width; and the other threshold was one rod in width.
• 1 Kings 6:8The doorway for the lowest side chamber was on the right side of the house; and they would go up by winding stairs to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.
• Nehemiah 9:4Now on the Levites’ platform stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani and Chenani, and they cried with 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