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Ezekiel 43:13

“These are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a hand width): the bottom shall be a cubit, and the width a cubit, and its border around its edge a span; and this shall be the base of the altar.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    “These are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a hand width): the bottom shall be a cubit, and the width a cubit, and its border around its edge a span; and this shall be the base of the altar.

  • KJV King James Version

    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.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And these are the measures of the altar by cubits — the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth: the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about a span; and this shall be the base of the altar.

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Cross-references (4)

Passages linked to Ezekiel 43:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Exodus 27:1-8 “You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide. The altar shall be square. Its height shall be three cubits. You shall make its horns on its four corners. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. You shall overlay it with bronze. You shall make its pots to take away its ashes; and its shovels, its basins, its meat hooks, and its fire pans. You shall make all its vessels of bronze. You shall make a grating for it of network of bronze. On the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners. You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar. You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. Its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar when carrying it. You shall make it hollow with planks. They shall make it as it has been shown you on the mountain.
  • 2 Chronicles 4:1 Then he made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
  • Ezekiel 40:5 Behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house all around, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a hand width each. So he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
  • Ezekiel 41:8 I saw also that the house had a raised base all around. The foundations of the side rooms were a full reed of six great cubits.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 43:13 And these [are] the measures of the…

Eze 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.

Ver. 13. And these are the measures of the altar,] viz., Of burnt offerings, which was in the priests’ court, and not at all spoken of till now.

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The cubit,] viz., That of the sanctuary.

Even the bottom.] Heb., The bosom.

This shall be the higher place.] Heb., The back, as that which bore all. "We have also an altar," {Heb 13:10} even Jesus Christ, the just one, who is both our Ariel (God’s lion, Rev 5:5) and our Hareel (God’s mount) of four cubits, as being "preached unto the Gentiles" in all parts, "believed on in the world, received up into glory." {1Ti 3:16}

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Of the altar of burnt-offerings; for the altar of…
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain This relates to the altar in this mystical temple,…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And these are the measures of the altar after…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The altar - Of burnt-offerings. And an hand-breath -…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 13. The cubit is a cubit and a…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Eze 43:13-17. These are the measures of the altar…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The altar of sacrifice which stood in the inner…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain By. Hebrew, "by cubits." This cubit is a common…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain As to the altar of burnt offering, which was…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 13-17. Here follows the measure of the sacred temple…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. The basement of the altar
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (13) A cubit and an hand breadth.—The measurement of…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 13-27 The temple-altar described (vers. 13-17), and the…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain These are the measures of the altar after the…
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain Description and Dedication of the Altar of Burnt Offering
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 a cubit ... two cubits ... four cubits
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 43:13-16 The holiness of the Temple area would be…

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