13 “These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits,[a] that cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth: Its gutter is a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span[b] around the edge. And this is the height of the altar:
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From the gutter on the ground up to the lower ledge that goes around the altar it is two cubits high, and the ledge is a cubit wide.[c] From this lower ledge to the upper ledge that goes around the altar it is four cubits high, and that ledge is also a cubit wide.[d]
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Above that, the altar hearth is four cubits high, and four horns project upward from the hearth.
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The altar hearth is square, twelve cubits[e] long and twelve cubits wide.
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The upper ledge also is square, fourteen cubits[f] long and fourteen cubits wide. All around the altar is a gutter of one cubit with a rim of half a cubit.[g] The steps of the altar face east.”
[a].
That is, about 21 inches or about 53 centimeters; also in verses 14 and 17. The long cubit is the basic unit for linear measurement throughout Ezekiel 40–48.
[b].
That is, about 11 inches or about 27 centimeters
[c].
That is, about 3 1/2 feet high and 1 3/4 feet wide or about 105 centimeters high and 53 centimeters wide
[d].
That is, about 7 feet high and 1 3/4 feet wide or about 2.1 meters high and 53 centimeters wide