The great altar restored

13 ‘These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits,[a] that cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth: its gutter is a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a kerb of one span[b] around the edge. And this is the height of the altar: 14 from the gutter on the ground up to the lower ledge that goes round the altar it is two cubits high, and the ledge is a cubit wide.[c] From this lower ledge to the upper ledge that goes round the altar it is four cubits high, and that ledge is also a cubit wide.[d] 15 Above that, the altar hearth is four cubits high, and four horns project upwards from the hearth.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 43:13 That is, about 53 centimetres; also in verses 14 and 17. The long cubit is the basic unit for linear measurement throughout chapters 40–48.
  2. Ezekiel 43:13 That is, about 27 centimetres
  3. Ezekiel 43:14 That is, about 105 centimetres high and 53 centimetres wide
  4. Ezekiel 43:14 That is, about 2.1 metres high and 53 centimetres wide