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.
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)The upper ledge also forms a square, measuring 24-1/2 feet by 24-1/2 feet, with a 21-inch gutter and a 10-1/2-inch curb all around the edge. There are steps going up the east side of the altar.”

Context of Ezekiel 43:17

15Above that, the altar hearth is four cubits high, and four horns project upward from the hearth. 16The altar hearth is square, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide. 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.” 18Then he said to me, “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: These will be the regulations for sacrificing burnt offerings and splashing blood against the altar when it is built: 19You are to give a young bull as a sin offering to the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who come near to minister before me, declares the Sovereign Lord.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the settleעֲזָרָה‛ăzârâh · enclosureH5835
• fourteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• fourteenאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• longאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• broadרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• squaresרֶ֫בַעreba‛ · fourthH7253
• thereof; and the borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• halfחֲצִיchêtsîy · halfH2677
• a cubitאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• and the bottomחֵיקchêyq chêq chôq · bosom: lapH2436
• and his stairsמַעֲלָהma‛ălâh · stepH4609
• shall lookפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• toward the eastקָדִיםqâdîym qâdim · eastH6921

Cross-references for Ezekiel 43:17

• Exodus 25:25Also make around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.
• Exodus 30:3Overlay the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.
• 1 Kings 18:32With the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
• Exodus 20:26And do not go up to my altar on steps, or your private parts may be exposed.’
• Ezekiel 8:16He then brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun in the east.
• Ezekiel 40:6Then he went to the east gate. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate; it was one rod deep.
• 1 Kings 6:8The entrance to the lowest floor was on the south side of the temple; a stairway led up to the middle level and from there to the third.
• Nehemiah 9:4Standing on the stairs of the Levites were Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani and Kenani. They cried out with loud voices 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