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17 The ledge will be 14 cubits long and 14 wide with four sides square. The border surrounding it will be half a cubit and its bottom will be a cubit all around. Its steps will face east.”

18 Then he said to me, “Son of man, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day when they will construct it, in order to offer burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it. 19 Give a young bull for a sin offering to the Levitical kohanim who are from the offspring of Zadok, who come near to Me to minister to Me’”—it is a declaration of Adonai.

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17 The upper ledge(A) also is square, fourteen cubits[a] long and fourteen cubits wide. All around the altar is a gutter of one cubit with a rim of half a cubit.[b] The steps(B) of the altar face east.(C)

18 Then he said to me, “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: These will be the regulations for sacrificing burnt offerings(D) and splashing blood(E) against the altar when it is built: 19 You are to give a young bull(F) as a sin offering[c] to the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok,(G) who come near(H) to minister before me, declares the Sovereign Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 43:17 That is, about 25 feet or about 7.4 meters
  2. Ezekiel 43:17 That is, about 11 inches or about 27 centimeters
  3. Ezekiel 43:19 Or purification offering; also in verses 21, 22 and 25