Ezekiel 43:16

And the altar [shall be] twelve [cubits] long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.

And the altar {H741} shall be twelve {H8147}{H6240} cubits long {H753}, twelve {H8147}{H6240} broad {H7341}, square {H7251} in the four {H702} squares {H7253} thereof.

The hearth is a square twenty-one feet on each of its four sides.

The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.

And the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 27:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ And thou shalt make an altar [of] shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof [shall be] three cubits.

  • Exodus 38:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And he made the altar of burnt offering [of] shittim wood: five cubits [was] the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; [it was] foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

  • Exodus 38:2 (2 votes)

    And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.

  • Ezra 3:3 (2 votes)

    And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear [was] upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, [even] burnt offerings morning and evening.

  • 2 Chronicles 4:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.