Ezekiel 43:16

16 The altar hearth is square, twelve cubits^[a] long and twelve cubits wide.

Ezekiel 43:16 in Other Translations

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

16 The altar hearth shall be square, twelve cubits long by twelve broad.

16 The top of the altar is square, measuring 21 feet by 21 feet.

16 "The top of the altar, the hearth, is square, twenty-one by twenty-one feet.

16 The hearth is square, 21 feet long by 21 feet wide.

Ezekiel 43:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 43:16

And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad
The length of it, from east to west, was twelve cubits; and the breadth, from north to south, was the same; so that it was a proper foursquare, as follows: Christ the altar, or the doctrine of his sacrifice and satisfaction for the sins of men, is the doctrine of the twelve apostles of Christ, and embraced by the twelve times twelve, the 144,000 that belong unto him: square in the four squares thereof;
as the altar in the tabernacle, and Solomon's temple, were, ( Exodus 27:1 ) ( 2 Chronicles 4:1 ) , denoting the largeness of Christ's sacrifice, the perfection of it, and its stability and permanency, to take away the sin, of his people.

Ezekiel 43:16 In-Context

14 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. 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.

15 Above that, the altar hearth is four cubits high, and four horns project upward from the hearth.

16 The altar hearth is square, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.

17 The upper ledge also is square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide. All around the altar is a gutter of one cubit with a rim of half a cubit. The steps of the altar face east.”

18 Then he said to me, “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: These will be the regulations for sacrificing burnt offerings and splashing blood against the altar when it is built:

Cross References

• 1. Revelation 21:16

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, about 21 feet or about 6.4 meters