Ezekiel 43:13

Ezekiel 43:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.
• New International Version (NIV)“These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits, that cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth: Its gutter is a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around the edge. And this is the height of the altar:
• English Standard Version (ESV)"These are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth): its base shall be one cubit high and one cubit broad, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this shall be the height of the altar:
• New Living Translation (NLT)“These are the measurements of the altar: There is a gutter all around the altar 21 inches deep and 21 inches wide, with a curb 9 inches wide around its edge. And this is the height of the altar:

Context of Ezekiel 43:13

11And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple and its arrangement, its exits and its entrances, its entire design and all its ordinances, all its forms and all its laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its whole design and all its ordinances, and perform them. 12This is the law of the temple: The whole area surrounding the mountaintop is most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple. “These are the measurements of the altar in cubits (the cubit is one cubit and a handbreadth): the base one cubit high and one cubit wide, with a rim all around its edge of one span. This is the height of the altar: 14from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits; the width of the ledge, one cubit; from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits; and the width of the ledge, one cubit. 15The altar hearth is four cubits high, with four horns extending upward from the hearth.

Ezekiel 43:13 word by word

וְאֵ֨לֶּה מִדּ֤וֹת הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ בָּֽאַמּ֔וֹת אַמָּ֥ה אַמָּ֖ה וָטֹ֑פַח וְחֵ֨יק הָאַמָּ֜ה וְאַמָּה־רֹ֗חַב וּגְבוּלָ֨הּ אֶל־שְׂפָתָ֤הּ סָבִיב֙ זֶ֣רֶת הָאֶחָ֔ד וְזֶ֖ה גַּ֥ב הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the measuresמִדָּהmiddâh · measureH4060
• of the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• after the cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• and an hand breadthטֹ֫פַחţôphach · handbreadthH2948
• even the bottomחֵיקchêyq chêq chôq · bosom: lapH2436
• and the breadthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• and the borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• thereof by the edgeשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lip: edgeH8193
• thereof round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• aאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• spanזֶ֫רֶתzereth · spanH2239
• the higher placeגַּבgab · back/rim/browH1354

Cross-references for Ezekiel 43:13

• Exodus 27:1“You shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide—the altar shall be square—and its height shall be three cubits.
• 2 Chronicles 4:1Moreover he made a bronze altar: twenty cubits was its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height.
• Ezekiel 40:5Now there was a wall all around the outside of the temple. In the man’s hand was a measuring rod six cubits long, each being a cubit and a handbreadth; and he measured the width of the wall structure, one rod; and the height, one rod.
• Ezekiel 41:8I also saw an elevation all around the temple; it was the foundation of the side chambers, a full rod, that is, six cubits high.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 43:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13The cubit is a cubit and a hand breadth - It is the same cubit by which all the previous admeasurements were made, and was a hand breadth or four inches longer than the Babylonian cubit.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13The altar of sacrifice which stood in the inner court, not the altar of incense described Ezekiel 41:22. In the temple of the vision the dimensions differ from those of the tabernacle Exodus 27:1, and of Solomon‘s Temple 2 Chronicles 4:1, with a view to introduce definite propositions and symbolic numbers. See Plan L. The bottom - The base (I) of the altar so called, because it forms with its “border” (K) a kind of socket to receive the “lower settle”…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

Topics related to Ezekiel 43:13

• Altar
• Cubit
• Measure

In the dictionaries

• Altar
• Atonement, Day of
• Base
• Bottom
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Handbreadth
• Leviticus
• Priests and Levites

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