Ezekiel 43:15 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 43:15

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;

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.”

Consecrating the Altar

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.

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 43:15

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American Standard Version
And the upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.

Amplified® Bible
And the altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and from the altar hearth reaching upward there shall be four horns one cubit high.

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 43:14)

Darby English Version
And the upper altar was four cubits; and from the hearth of ùGod and upward were four horns.

Good News Bible
This top section, on which the sacrifices were burned, was also 7 feet high. The projections on the four corners were higher than the rest of the top.

King James Version
So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.

New American Standard Bible
"The altar hearth {shall be} four cubits; and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns.

New International Version
The altar hearth is four cubits high, and four horns project upward from the hearth.

New King James Version
The altar hearth is four cubits high, with four horns extending upward from the hearth.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from Me, shall come near to Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer Me the fat and the blood," declares the Lord GOD.

Revised Standard Version
and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward, four horns, one cubit high.

Young's Literal Translation
`And the altar `is' four cubits, and from the altar and upward `are' four horns.

New English Translation
and the altar hearth, 7 feet, and from the altar hearth four horns projecting upward.

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