KJV King James Version
And the altar [shall be] twelve [cubits] long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
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Ezekiel 43:16
And the altar [shall be] twelve [cubits] long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.
WEB World English Bible
The altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the four sides of it.
ASV American Standard Version
And the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the altar is twelve long by twelve broad, square in its four squares.
Surrounding context — Ezekiel 43
13 And these [are] the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit [is] a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom [shall be] a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about [shall be] a span: and this [shall be] the higher place of the altar.
14 And from the bottom [upon] the ground [even] to the lower settle [shall be] two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle [even] to the greater settle [shall be] four cubits, and the breadth [one] cubit.
15 So the altar [shall be] four cubits; and from the altar and upward [shall be] four horns.
16 And the altar [shall be] twelve [cubits] long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
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.
18 And 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.
19 And 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.
Cross-references
Exodus 27:1And thou shalt make an altar [of] shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof [shall be] three cubits.Exodus 38:1-2And he made the altar of burnt offering [of] shittim wood: five cubits [was] the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; [it was] foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.2 Chronicles 4:1Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.Ezra 3:3And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear [was] upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, [even] burnt offerings morning and evening.
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