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The Altar

13 ‘These are the measurements of the altar(A) in units of length (each unit being the standard length plus eight centimetres):[a](B) The gutter is 53 centimetres[b] deep and 53 centimetres wide, with a rim of 27 centimetres[c] round its edge. This is the base[d] of the altar. 14 The distance from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge is 1.1 metres,[e] and the width of the ledge is 53 centimetres. There are 2.1 metres[f] from the small ledge to the large ledge, whose width is also 53 centimetres. 15 The altar hearth[g] is 2.1 metres high, and four horns(C) project upwards from the hearth. 16 The hearth is square, 6.4 metres[h] long by 6.4 metres wide.(D) 17 The ledge is 7.4 metres[i] long by 7.4 metres wide, with four equal sides.(E) The rim all round it is 27 centimetres,[j] and its gutter is 53 centimetres all round it. The altar’s steps face east.’(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 43:13 Lit in cubits (a cubit being a cubit plus a handbreadth)
  2. 43:13 Lit one cubit, also in vv. 14,17
  3. 43:13 Lit one span
  4. 43:13 LXX reads height
  5. 43:14 Lit two cubits
  6. 43:14 Lit four cubits, also in v. 15
  7. 43:15 Hb obscure
  8. 43:16 Lit 12 cubits
  9. 43:17 Lit 14 cubits
  10. 43:17 Lit one-half cubit