Ezekiel 43:12-22

12 This is the law of the house: Upon the top of the mountain all its border round about is most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
13 And these are the measures of the altar in cubits: the cubit is a cubit and a hand breadth. The bottom was a cubit [in height] and the breadth a cubit, and its border on the edge thereof round about, one span: and this was the base of the altar.
14 And from the bottom upon the ground to the lower settle was two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the small settle to the great settle, four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.
15 And the upper altar was four cubits; and from the hearth of God and upward were four horns.
16 And the hearth of God was twelve [cubits] long, by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.
17 And the settle was fourteen [cubits] long by fourteen broad in the four sides thereof; and the border about it, half a cubit; and the bottom thereof a cubit round about: and its steps looked toward the east.
18 And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer up burnt-offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.
19 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that are of the seed of Zadok, who come near unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord Jehovah, a young bullock for a sin-offering.
20 And thou shalt take of its blood, and put it on the four horns thereof, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: so shalt thou purge and make atonement for it.
21 And thou shalt take the bullock of the sin-offering, and it shall be burned in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary.
22 And on the second day thou shalt present a he-goat without blemish for a sin-offering; and they shall purge the altar, as they purged it with the bullock.

Footnotes 6

  • [a]. Lit. 'the back.'
  • [b]. Or 'of earth,' implying that the whole interior of the 'base' was 'of earth.'
  • [c]. The entire base of the upper altar (Heb. Harel or 'Mount of God,' see ver. 15) was in two parts, the upper of which was set back.
  • [d]. Heb. Harel.
  • [e]. Or 'cleanse from sin (chata);' and so vers. 22,23; ch. 45.18: see Lev. 8.15.
  • [f]. Heb. 'perfect,' so everywhere.
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