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11 And if they are ashamed of all that they did, then the plan of the temple and its arrangement and its exits and its entrances and all of its plans[a] and all of its statutes. And all of its plans[b] and all of its laws[c] make known to them and write them before their eyes, so that they may remember all of its plans and all of its statutes, so that they do them! 12 This is the law[d] of the temple: On the top of the mountain, all of its territory, all the way around it,[e] will be most holy.[f] Look, this is the law of the temple.

13 And these are the measurements of the altar in the cubits[g] (a cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth):[h] now its gutter[i] is a cubit[j] in depth by a cubit[k] in width[l] and its rim along its edge all around is one span,[m] and this is also the height of the altar.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 43:11 Or “its entire pattern”
  2. Ezekiel 43:11 Or “purposes”
  3. Ezekiel 43:11 According to the reading tradition (Qere); cf. BHS
  4. Ezekiel 43:12 Literally “torah” or “instruction”
  5. Ezekiel 43:12 Literally “all around, all around”
  6. Ezekiel 43:12 Literally “will be a holiness of holinesses”
  7. Ezekiel 43:13 Or “in long cubits”
  8. Ezekiel 43:13 That is, about 18 inches (regular cubit) + 3 inches = 21 inches (long cubit)
  9. Ezekiel 43:13 Or “trench” (NJPS)
  10. Ezekiel 43:13 That is, 21 inches
  11. Ezekiel 43:13 That is, 21 inches
  12. Ezekiel 43:13 Literally “the cubit and cubit its width”
  13. Ezekiel 43:13 That is, 9 inches