Ezekiel 43:15 “The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall proje…”

Ezekiel 43:15

The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.

World English Bible

The upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.

American Standard Version

And the upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.

Geneva Bible 1599

So the altar shalbe foure cubites, and from the altar vpward shalbe foure hornes.

Darby Translation

And the upper altar was four cubits; and from the hearth of God and upward were four horns.

Young's Literal Translation

'And the altar [is] four cubits, and from the altar and upward [are] four horns.

Bible in Basic English

And the fireplace is four cubits high: and coming up from the fireplace are the horns, a cubit high.

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Cross references

“the altar”

Isaiah 29:7 Isaiah 29:1 Isaiah 29:2

Isaiah 29:7 · BSB

All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel— even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her— will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,

Isaiah 29:1 · BSB

Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.

Isaiah 29:2 · BSB

And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.

“four horns”

Exodus 27:2 Leviticus 9:9 Psalm 118:27 1 Kings 2:28

Exodus 27:2 · BSB

Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.

Leviticus 9:9 · BSB

The sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and applied it to the horns of the altar. And he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

Psalm 118:27 · BSB

The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.

1 Kings 2:28 · BSB

When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14The space from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. The space from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide.

16The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.

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