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Ezekiel 43:13
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11 And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the1 temple and its arrangement, its exits and its entrances, its entire design and all its aordinances, all its forms and all its laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its whole design and all its ordinances, and bperform them.  
12 This is the law of the temple: The whole area surrounding athe mountaintop is most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.  

Dimensions of the Altar

13 “These are the measurements of the aaltar in cubits b(the cubit is one cubit and a handbreadth): the base one cubit high and one cubit wide, with a rim all around its edge of one span. This is the height of the altar:  
14 from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits; the width of the ledge, one cubit; from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits; and the width of the ledge, one cubit.
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;  
Commentaries:
John Wesley's Notes
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Ezekiel 43:13

The altar - Of burnt - offerings. And an hand - breath - The sacred cubit, three inches longer than the common cubit. The bottom - The ledge or settle, fastened to the altar on all sides at the bottom, shall be a cubit in height. The breadth - From the edge of this bench on the outside to the edge where it joined the body of the altar, a cubit, and this the breadth, twenty one inches, broad enough for the priests to walk on. Border - A ledge going round on all the squares. The edge - On the outer edge of this settle a span high. The back - As the back bears burdens, so this was to bear the weight of the whole altar.


 
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