12 This is the [a]law of the house: its entire [b]area on the top of the (A)mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the [c]law of the house.

The Altar of Sacrifice

13 “And these are the measurements of the (B)altar by cubits (the (C)cubit being a [d]cubit and a hand width): the [e]base shall be a cubit and the width a cubit, and its border on its edge all around one span; and this shall be the height of the [f]base of the altar. 14 And from the base on the ground to the lower (D)ledge shall be two cubits, and the width one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the width [g]one cubit.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 43:12 Or instruction for
  2. Ezekiel 43:12 Lit border
  3. Ezekiel 43:12 Or instruction for
  4. Ezekiel 43:13 A cubit and hand width equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
  5. Ezekiel 43:13 Lit lap
  6. Ezekiel 43:13 Or back
  7. Ezekiel 43:14 Lit the

12 This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

13 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.

14 And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.

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