Ezekiel 43:13-17

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The Altar

¹³ “These are the dimensions of the altar by long cubits in which each is a cubit and a handbreadth: its base shall be one cubit high^[a] and one cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. This shall be the height of the altar:^{(A) 14} from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits, with a width of one cubit, and from the lower ledge to the upper ledge, four cubits, with a width of one cubit,^{(B) 15} and the altar hearth, four cubits, and from the altar hearth projecting upward, four horns.^{(C) 16} The altar hearth shall be square, twelve cubits long by twelve wide.^{(D) 17} The ledge also shall be square, fourteen cubits long by fourteen wide, with a rim around it half a cubit high, and its surrounding base, one cubit. Its steps shall face east.”^(E)