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And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lowersettle shall be twocubits, and the breadthonecubit; and from the lessersettle even to the greatersettle shall be fourcubits, and the breadth one cubit.
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So the altarshall be fourcubits; and from the altar and upward shall be fourhorns.
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And the altar shall be twelvecubitslong,twelve*broad,square in the foursquares thereof.
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And the settle shall be fourteencubitslong and fourteen*broad in the foursquares thereof; and the borderabout it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubitabout; and his stairs shall look toward the east.
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And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the LordGOD; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkleblood thereon.
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And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the LordGOD, a young*bullock for a sin offering.
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And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the fourhorns of it, and on the fourcorners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.
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Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house,without the sanctuary.
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And on the secondday thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.
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When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young*bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
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And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall castsalt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD.