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Ezekiel 43:12-14
New Catholic Bible
Ezekiel 43:12-14
New Catholic Bible
12 This is the law of the temple: all the surrounding area on the top of the mountain shall be most holy. Such is the law of the temple.
13 Measurements of the Altar.[a]These were the dimensions of the altar in cubits of one cubit and a handbreadth. Its base was one cubit high and one cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. This was the height of the altar. 14 From its base on the ground up to the lower ledge, it was two cubits high and one cubit wide, and from the lower ledge to the upper ledge, it was four cubits high and again one cubit wide.
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- Ezekiel 43:13 This second part of chapters 40–48 is more complicated than the first. Into the continuation of the vision or, perhaps, into the description of a new episode in this vision of Ezekiel, the prophet and his successors have inserted texts that differ greatly from each other: prophetic predictions, documents on the status of persons (priests, Levites, the prince), and liturgical details or rubrics.
This last part of the Book of Ezekiel pays a great deal of attention to the office of priesthood. But alongside such passages are others containing quite contrary ideas; these doubtless reflect the discussions and conflicts which arose, beginning with the Exile, concerning the role of the priests.
Two series of passages reflecting opposed tendencies can also be seen in what is said about the office and place of the prince. Note that the text no longer speaks of a king but only of a prince.
Ezekiel 43:12-14
New International Version
Ezekiel 43:12-14
New International Version
12 “This is the law of the temple: All the surrounding area(A) on top of the mountain will be most holy.(B) Such is the law of the temple.
The Great Altar Restored
13 “These are the measurements of the altar(C) in long cubits,[a] that cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth: Its gutter is a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim 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 around 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 around the altar it is four cubits high, and that ledge is also a cubit wide.[d]
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 43:13 That is, about 21 inches or about 53 centimeters; also in verses 14 and 17. The long cubit is the basic unit for linear measurement throughout Ezekiel 40–48.
- Ezekiel 43:13 That is, about 11 inches or about 27 centimeters
- Ezekiel 43:14 That is, about 3 1/2 feet high and 1 3/4 feet wide or about 105 centimeters high and 53 centimeters wide
- Ezekiel 43:14 That is, about 7 feet high and 1 3/4 feet wide or about 2.1 meters high and 53 centimeters wide
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