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16 The hearth is to be twelve cubits[a] long and twelve cubits[b] wide; that is, it will be a four-sided square. 17 It is to have a ledge fourteen cubits[c] long by fourteen cubits[d] wide around the four sides. Its border is to be half a cubit[e] and its base is to be a cubit[f] all around, with its steps facing east.”

The Offerings

18 Then he told me, “This is what the Lord God says: ‘These are the regulations for the altar, starting the day that it is constructed for presenting burnt offerings and sprinkling blood.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 43:16 The Heb. lacks cubits
  2. Ezekiel 43:16 The Heb. lacks cubits
  3. Ezekiel 43:17 The Heb. lacks cubits
  4. Ezekiel 43:17 The Heb. lacks cubits
  5. Ezekiel 43:17 I.e. about 10.5 inches; the royal cubit was about 21 inches
  6. Ezekiel 43:17 I.e. about 21 inches; the royal cubit was about 21 inches