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14 From the base of the ground to the lower ledge is 3½ feet,[a] and the width 1¾ feet;[b] and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, 7 feet,[c] and the width 1¾ feet; 15 and the altar hearth, 7 feet, and from the altar hearth four horns projecting upward. 16 Now the altar hearth[d] is a perfect square, 21 feet[e] long and 21 feet wide.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 43:14 tn Heb “2 cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
  2. Ezekiel 43:14 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm; the phrase occurs again later in this verse).
  3. Ezekiel 43:14 tn Heb “4 cubits” (i.e., 2.1 meters; the phrase also occurs in the next verse).
  4. Ezekiel 43:16 tn The precise Hebrew word used here to refer to an “altar hearth” occurs only here in the OT.
  5. Ezekiel 43:16 tn Heb “12 cubits” (i.e., 6.3 meters; the phrase occurs twice in this verse).