Ezekiel 43 · Verse 14

Ezekiel 43:14

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 breadth one cubit.
Ezekiel 43:14, King James Version

Ezekiel 43:14 in other translations

BSBThe space from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. The space from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide.
WEBFrom the bottom on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the width one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the width a cubit.
ASVAnd from the bottom upon the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.
YLTAnd from the centre of the ground unto the lower border is two cubits, and the breadth one cubit, and from the lesser border unto the greater border four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.
DARBYAnd from the bottom upon the ground to the lower settle was two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the small settle to the great settle, four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.
BBEAnd from the base on the earth level to the lower shelf, the altar is two cubits high and a cubit wide; and from the smaller shelf to the greater shelf it is four cubits high and a cubit wide.
WebsterAnd 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 breadth one cubit.

What does Ezekiel 43:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 43:13-27

13-27. As to the altar of burnt offering, which was the appointed means of access to God.

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Ezekiel 43:14 in the original Hebrew

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וּמֵחֵ֨יקu.me.Cheikand from [the] gutter ofH2436
הָאָ֜רֶץha.'A.retzthe groundH776
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
הָעֲזָרָ֤הha.'a.za.Rahthe ledgeH5835
הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה֙ha.tach.to.Nah<the> lowerH8481
שְׁתַּ֣יִםshe.Ta.yim[is] twoH8147
אַמּ֔וֹת'a.MotcubitsH520
וְרֹ֖חַבve.Ro.chavand [the] breadthH7341
אַמָּ֣ה'a.Mah[is] a cubitH520
אֶחָ֑ת'e.ChatoneH259
וּמֵהֳעֲזָרָ֨הu.me.ho.'a.za.Rahand from the ledgeH5835
הַקְּטַנָּ֜הha.ke.ta.Nah<the> smallH6996
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
הָעֲזָרָ֤הha.'a.za.Rahthe ledgeH5835
הַגְּדוֹלָה֙ha.ge.do.Lah<the> largeH1419
אַרְבַּ֣ע'ar.Ba'[is] fourH702
אַמּ֔וֹת'a.MotcubitsH520
וְרֹ֖חַבve.Ro.chavand [the] breadthH7341
הָאַמָּֽה\׃ha.'a.Mah[is] the cubitH520

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the lower settle.These settles were ledges by which the altar was narrowed towards the top; and the whole of it may thus be computed:-- Height Cubits Base, ver. 13. . . . . . . . . . 1 To first ledge, ver. 14. . . . . . . 1 To upper ledge, ver. 14. . . . . . . 4 To hearth, ver. 15.. . . . . . . . 4 --- In all 10 Breadth Cubits Upper ledge, ver. 17. . . . . . . . 14 For higher ledge, ver. 14. . . . . . 2 For lower ledge, ver. 14.. . . . . . 2 For base, ver. 13. . . . . . . . . 2 --- In all 20 Hence the upper part of the altar was only twelve cubits square (ver. 16,) the upper settle, or ledge, being in all fourteen cubits, (ver. 17,) deducting two cubits from its dimensions. Though this altar was the same in height, and breadth with that of Solomon, yet it differed materially from it in having settles or ledges; on which the priests walked round the altar, to officiate in offering sacrifices.

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Context

  • Ezekiel 43:13

    And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an 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.

  • Ezekiel 43:14

    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 breadth one cubit.

  • Ezekiel 43:15

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

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Ezekiel 43:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y desde el seno de sobre el suelo hasta el lugar de abajo, dos codos, y la anchura de un codo: y desde el lugar menor hasta el lugar mayor, cuatro codos, y la anchura de un codo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et depuis l’embasement sur le sol jusqu’à la banquette inférieure il y avait deux coudées, et une coudée en largeur; et depuis la petite banquette jusqu’à la grande banquette, quatre coudées, et une coudée en largeur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und von dem Untersatz am Boden bis zur unteren Umwandung: zwei Ellen Höhe und eine Elle Breite und von der kleineren Umwandung bis zur größeren Umwandung: vier Ellen Höhe und eine Elle Breite
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et de sinu terræ usque ad crepidinem novissimam duo cubiti, et latitudo cubiti unius: et a crepidine minore usque ad crepidinem majorem quatuor cubiti, et latitudo cubiti unius.