Ezekiel 43:15

The altar hearth is to be four cubits high, with four horns pointing upwards from it.

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In The King James Version

So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.

In Context

14measured from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge is to be two cubits. The ledge will measure one cubit wide. The distance from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge is to be four cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide.

16The altar hearth shall be square, its four sides each measuring twelve cubits.

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Cross References

Exodus 27:2Make horns for each of its corners, all one piece with the altar, and cover the whole altar with bronze.

1 Kings 2:28When Joab heard the news he ran to the Lord's Tent and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. (He had not supported Absalom's rebellion but he had supported Adonijah.)

Isaiah 29:1Tragedy is coming to you Ariel, Ariel the city where David lived! Year after year you have your festivals.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 43:14-27

The Vision of the Temple. ( b. c. 574.) 13 And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and a 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. 14 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… Read the whole commentary →

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