Ezekiel 43:14-17

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. 43:17 The ledge is 24½ feet ⁶  long and 24½ feet wide on four sides; the border around it is 10½ inches, ⁷  and its surrounding base 1¾ feet. ⁸  Its steps face east.”

[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).

[43:17]  ⁷ 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.

[43:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “half a cubit” (i.e., 26.25 cm).

[43:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).