The Altar
13 "These are the measurements of
1the altar by cubits (the cubit being
2a cubit and a handbreadth): its base shall be one cubit high and one cubit broad, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this shall be the height of the altar:
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from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits, with a breadth of one cubit;
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and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward,
3four horns.
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The altar hearth shall be
4square, twelve cubits long by twelve broad.
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The ledge also shall be square, fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad, with a rim around it half a cubit broad, and its base one cubit all around.
5The steps of the altar shall face east."