The Altar of Sacrifice
Ezekiel 43:16
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.12 (long) cubits is approximately 21 feet or 6.4 meters.
- KJV
- And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
- WEB
- The altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, square in its four sides.
- ASV
- And the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.
- LSV
- And the altar [is] twelve long by twelve broad, square in its four sides.
- YLT
- And the altar [is] twelve long by twelve broad, square in its four squares.
- DBY
- And the hearth of God was twelve [cubits] long, by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.El
- DRC
- And the Ariel was twelve cubits long, and twelve cubits broad, foursquare, with equal sides.
- GNV
- And the altar shalbe twelue cubites long, and twelue broade, and fouresquare in the foure corners thereof.
- JPS
- And the hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.
- LXXE
- And the altar shall be of the length of twelve cubits, by twelve cubits in breadth, square upon its four sides.
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- Written (Ketiv): וְהָאֲרִאֵיל (“and the altar hearth”). Read aloud (Qere): וְהָאֲרִיאֵ֗ל (“and the altar hearth”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads וְהָאֲרִאיֵ֗ל; read aloud (Qere) reads וְהָאֲרִיאֵ֗ל (“and 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
- והאראיל שְׁתֵּ֤ים עֶשְׂרֵה֙ אֹ֔רֶךְ בִּשְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה רֹ֑חַב רָב֕וּעַ אֶ֖ל אַרְבַּ֥עַת רְבָעָֽיו׃Read aloud as (qere): וְהָאֲרִיאֵ֗ל
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ τὸ ἀριὴλ πηχῶν δώδεκα μήκους, ἐπὶ πήχεις δώδεκα, τετράγωνον ἐπὶ τὰ τέσσαρα μέρη αὐτοῦ.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Exodus 27:1“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
- Exodus 38:1–2Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were…
- 2 Chronicles 4:1He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
- Ezra 3:3They set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the LORD—both the morning and evening burnt offerings—even though they feared the people of the land.
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