The Altar of Sacrifice
Ezekiel 43:15
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth.
- KJV
- So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.the altar shall: Heb. Harel, that is, the mountain of Godthe altar and: Heb. Ariel, that is, the lion of God
- WEB
- The upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.
- ASV
- And the upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.
- LSV
- And the altar [is] four cubits, and from the altar and upward [are] four horns.
- YLT
- 'And the altar [is] four cubits, and from the altar and upward [are] four horns.
- DBY
- And the upper altar was four cubits; and from the hearth of God and upward were four horns.El
- DRC
- And the Ariel itself was four cubits: and from the Ariel upward were four horns.
- GNV
- So the altar shalbe foure cubites, and from the altar vpward shalbe foure hornes.
- JPS
- And the hearth shall be four cubits; and from the hearth and upward there shall be four horns.
- LXXE
- And the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and above the horns a cubit.
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- Written (Ketiv): וּמֵהָאֲרִאֵ֣יל (“and [are] from the altar hearth”). Read aloud (Qere): וּמֵהָאֲרִיאֵ֣ל (“and [are] from the altar hearth”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads וּמֵהָאֲרִאֵ֣יל; read aloud (Qere) reads וּמֵהָאֲרִיאֵ֣ל (“and [are] from the altar hearth”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְהַֽהַרְאֵ֖ל אַרְבַּ֣ע אַמּ֑וֹת וּמֵהָאֲרִאֵ֣יל וּלְמַ֔עְלָה הַקְּרָנ֖וֹת אַרְבַּֽע׃Marks an anomalous form.We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ τὸ ἀριὴλ πηχῶν τεσσάρων, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀριὴλ, καὶ ὑπεράνω τῶν κεράτων πῆχυς.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Exodus 27:2Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.
- Leviticus 9:9The sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and applied it to the horns of the altar. And he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
- Psalms 118:27The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
- Isaiah 29:7All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel— even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her— will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,
- Isaiah 29:1–2Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur. And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.
- 1 Kings 2:28When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
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