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12 This is the law[a] of the temple: On the top of the mountain, all of its territory, all the way around it,[b] will be most holy.[c] Look, this is the law of the temple.

13 And these are the measurements of the altar in the cubits[d] (a cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth):[e] now its gutter[f] is a cubit[g] in depth by a cubit[h] in width[i] and its rim along its edge all around is one span,[j] and this is also the height of the altar. 14 And from the gutter[k] at the ground up to the lower ledge is two cubits,[l] and its width is one cubit,[m] and from the small ledge up to the large ledge is four cubits,[n] and its width is one cubit.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 43:12 Literally “torah” or “instruction”
  2. Ezekiel 43:12 Literally “all around, all around”
  3. Ezekiel 43:12 Literally “will be a holiness of holinesses”
  4. Ezekiel 43:13 Or “in long cubits”
  5. Ezekiel 43:13 That is, about 18 inches (regular cubit) + 3 inches = 21 inches (long cubit)
  6. Ezekiel 43:13 Or “trench” (NJPS)
  7. Ezekiel 43:13 That is, 21 inches
  8. Ezekiel 43:13 That is, 21 inches
  9. Ezekiel 43:13 Literally “the cubit and cubit its width”
  10. Ezekiel 43:13 That is, 9 inches
  11. Ezekiel 43:14 Or “trench”
  12. Ezekiel 43:14 That is, 3 feet 6 inches
  13. Ezekiel 43:14 That is, 21 inches
  14. Ezekiel 43:14 That is, 7 feet