Ezekiel 43:16 “The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits lo…”

Ezekiel 43:16

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.

World English Bible

The altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, square in its four sides.

American Standard Version

And the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the altar shalbe twelue cubites long, and twelue broade, and fouresquare in the foure corners thereof.

Darby Translation

And the hearth of God was twelve [cubits] long, by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.

Young's Literal Translation

And the altar [is] twelve long by twelve broad, square in its four squares.

Bible in Basic English

And the fireplace is twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide, square on its four sides.

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Cross references

“twelve cubits”

Exodus 27:1 2 Chronicles 4:1 Ezra 3:3

Exodus 27:1 · BSB

“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

2 Chronicles 4:1 · BSB

He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

Ezra 3:3 · BSB

They set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the LORD—both the morning and evening burnt offerings—even though they feared the people of the land.

“square”

Exodus 38:1 Exodus 38:2

Exodus 38:1 · BSB

Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

Exodus 38:2 · BSB

He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze.

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

In context

15The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth.

17The ledge shall also be square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, with a rim of half a cubit and a gutter of a cubit all around it. The steps of the altar shall face east.”

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