Ezekiel 43:14

43:14 From the base of the ground to the lower edge is 3½ feet, ¹  and the width 1¾ feet; ²  and from the smaller ledge to the larger edge, 7 feet, ³  and the width 1¾ feet;

Ezekiel 43:17

43:17 The ledge is 24½ feet ⁴  long and 24½ feet wide on four sides; the border around it is 10½ inches, ⁵  and its surrounding base 1¾ feet. ⁶  Its steps face east.”

Ezekiel 43:20

43:20 You will take some of its blood, and place it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border all around; you will cleanse it and make atonement for it. ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

² tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm; the phrase occurs again later in this verse).

³ tn Heb “four cubits” (i.e., 2.1 meters; the phrase also occurs in the next verse).

⁴ tn Heb “fourteen”; the word “cubits” is not in the Hebrew text but is understood from the context; the phrase occurs again later in this verse. Fourteen cubits is about 7.35 meters.

⁵ tn Heb “half a cubit” (i.e., 26.25 cm).

⁶ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

⁷ sn Note the similar language in Lev 16:18.