New English Translation
Ezekiel 43:15
15and the altar hearth, 7 feet, and from the altar hearth four horns projecting upward.
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: Its base is 1¾ feet high, and 1¾ feet wide, and its border nine inches on its edge. This is to be the height of the altar. 14From the base of the ground to the lower edge is 3½ feet, and the width 1¾ feet; and from the smaller ledge to the larger edge, 7 feet, and the width 1¾ feet; and the altar hearth, 7 feet, and from the altar hearth four horns projecting upward. 16Now the altar hearth is a perfect square, 21 feet long and 21 feet wide. 17The ledge is 24½ feet long and 24½ feet wide on four sides; the border around it is 10½ inches, and its surrounding base 1¾ feet. Its steps face east.”
Read all of Ezekiel 43Ezekiel 43:15 word by word
וְהַֽהַרְאֵ֖ל אַרְבַּ֣ע אַמּ֑וֹת וּמֵהָאֲרִיאֵ֣ל וּלְמַ֔עְלָה הַקְּרָנ֖וֹת אַרְבַּֽע׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Ezekiel 43:15
- Isaiah 29:1Ariel is as good as dead – Ariel, the town David besieged! Keep observing your annual rituals, celebrate your festivals on schedule.
- Exodus 27:2You are to make its four horns on its four corners; its horns will be part of it, and you are to overlay it with bronze.
- Leviticus 9:9Then Aaron’s sons presented the blood to him and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar, and the rest of the blood he poured out at the base of the altar.
- 1 Kings 2:28When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar.
- Psalms 118:27The Lord is God and he has delivered us. Tie the offering with ropes 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
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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
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