Ezekiel 43:14-16

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; 43:15 and the altar hearth, 7 feet, and from the altar hearth four horns projecting upward. 43:16 Now the altar hearth ⁴  is a perfect square, 21 feet ⁵  long and 21 feet wide.

[43:14]  ¹ tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

[43:14]  ² tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm; the phrase occurs again later in this verse).

[43:14]  ³ tn Heb “four cubits” (i.e., 2.1 meters; the phrase also occurs in the next verse).

[43:16]  ⁴ tn The precise Hebrew word used here to refer to an “altar hearth” occurs only here in the OT.

[43:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “twelve cubits” (i.e., 6.3 meters; the phrase occurs twice in this verse).