Ezekiel 43:17

15 The altar hearth is four cubits high, with four ^ahorns extending upward from the¹ hearth.

16 The altar hearth is twelve cubits long, twelve wide, ^asquare at its four corners;

17 the ledge, fourteen cubits long and fourteen wide on its four sides, with a rim of half a cubit around it; its base, one cubit all around; and ^aits steps face toward the east.”

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18 And He said to me, “Son of man, thus says the Lord God: ‘These are the ordinances for the altar on the day when it is made, for sacrificing ^aburnt offerings on it, and for ^bsprinkling blood on it.

19 You shall give ^aa young bull for a sin offering to ^bthe priests, the Levites, who are of the seed of ^cZadok, who approach Me to minister to Me,’ says the Lord God.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Ezekiel 43:17

And the settle - The ledge on which the priests walked round the altar, see Ezekiel 43:14. By these settles or ledges the altar was narrowed towards the top. "The ascent shall look toward the east;" this ascent was an inclined plane. But these settles, or more properly ledges, as Bp. Newcome translates, may be thus computed. The altar itself was ten feet high and twenty broad; the same as that of Solomon, II Chronicles 4:1.

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d Height Cubits

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d For the base, Ezekiel 43:13, is in height 1

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d From the surface of the base to the first ledge, Ezekiel 43:14 1

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d From the lower ledge to the upper, Ezekiel 43:14 4

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d From the upper ledge to the ariel or hearth, Ezekiel 43:15 4

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d In all 10

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d Breadth Cubits

d And as to the breadth, the upper ledge, Ezekiel 43:17, was 14

d Add a cubit on each side for the higher ledge, Ezekiel 43:14, latter part 2

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d Add a cubit on each side for the lower ledge, Ezekiel 43:14, former part 2

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d Add a cubit on each side for the base, Ezekiel 43:13 2

d In all 20

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The altar of burnt-offerings, described Exodus 27:1; Exodus 38:1, was smaller than this, because it was to be removed from place to place with the tabernacle. This was designed for a permanent temple. See Bp. Newcome on this chapter.

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