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Ezekiel 43:17 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 43 · verse 17
And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.Ezekiel 43:17 · King James Version
Ezekiel 43:17 in context
15So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
16And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
17And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.
18And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.
19And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fourteenʼarbaʻfourH702 →
- fourteenʻâsârtenH6240 →
- squaresrebaʻa fourthH7253 →
- settleʻăzârâhan inclosureH5835 →
- bordergᵉbûwlproperly, a cordH1366 →
- broadrôchabwidthH7341 →
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This relates to the altar in this mystical temple, and that is mystical too; for Christ is our altar. The Jews, after their return out of captivity, had an altar long before they had a temple, Ezr 3:3. But this was an altar in the temple. Now here we have, I. The measures of the altar, Eze 43:13.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-27