◄ Ezekiel 43:14 ►
And from the bottom on 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.
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the lower settle These settles were ledges by which the altar was narrowed towards the top; and the whole of it may thus be computed:

Height Cubits

Base, ver

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...

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To first ledge, ver

Ezekiel 43:14 And from the bottom on the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit...

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To upper ledge, ver

Ezekiel 43:14 And from the bottom on the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit...

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To hearth, ver

Ezekiel 43:15 So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.

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For lower ledge, ver

Ezekiel 43:14 And from the bottom on the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit...

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For base, ver

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...

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In all

Ezekiel 43:20 And you shall take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle...

Hence the upper part of the altar was only twelve cubits square (ver

Ezekiel 43:16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.

,) the upper settle, or ledge, being in all fourteen cubits, (ver.

Ezekiel 43:17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof...

,) deducting two cubits from its dimensions. Though this altar wa



Context
The Altar of Sacrifice

13And 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. 14And from the bottom on 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. 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.
Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
And from the bottom upon the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And from the bottom of the ground to the lowest brim two cubits, and the breadth of one cubit: and from the lesser brim to the greater brim four cubits, and the breadth of one cubit.

Darby Bible Translation
And from the bottom upon the ground to the lower settle was two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the small settle to the great settle, four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.

King James Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
And from the centre of the ground unto the lower border is two cubits, and the breadth one cubit, and from the lesser border unto the greater border four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.

Ezekiel 43:13
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