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15 The hearth is four cubits high, and four horns extend upward from the hearth.[a] 16 The hearth is twelve cubits by twelve cubits, a square with four equal sides. 17 The upper ledge is fourteen cubits by fourteen cubits, with four equal sides. The ridge[b] around it is half a cubit, and it has a gutter of one cubit all around.[c] Its ramp[d] faces east.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 43:15 The altar is about 18 feet tall. Its width is about 25 feet.
  2. Ezekiel 43:17 Or rim
  3. Ezekiel 43:17 Without the gutter or the horns, the altar is 10 cubits high (2+4+4). Its width at the base without the gutter is 16 cubits (1+1+12+1+1).
  4. Ezekiel 43:17 The Hebrew word may also mean steps, but Exodus 20:26 seems to forbid steps up to the altar.