Ezekiel 43 · Verse 15

Ezekiel 43:15

So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
Ezekiel 43:15, King James Version

Ezekiel 43:15 in other translations

BSBThe altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth.
WEBThe upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.
ASVAnd the upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.
YLT‘And the altar is four cubits, and from the altar and upward are four horns.
DARBYAnd the upper altar was four cubits; and from the hearth of God and upward were four horns.
BBEAnd the fireplace is four cubits high: and coming up from the fireplace are the horns, a cubit high.
WebsterSo the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.

What does Ezekiel 43:15 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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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 So the altar - ההראל haharel, "the mount of God." And from the altar - ומהאראיל umihaariel, "and from the lion of God." Perhaps the first was a name given to the altar when elevated to the honor of God, and on which the victims were offered to him, and the second, the lion of God, may mean the hearth, which might have been thus called, because it devoured and consumed the burnt-offerings, as a lion does his prey. See on Isa 29:1 (note).

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Ezekiel 43:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהַֽהַרְאֵ֖לve.ha.har.'Eland the altar hearthH2025
אַרְבַּ֣ע'ar.Ba'[is] fourH702
אַמּ֑וֹת'a.MotcubitsH520
וּמֵהָאֲרִיאֵ֣לu.me.ha.'a.ri.'eland [are] from the altar hearthH741
וּלְמַ֔עְלָהu.le.Ma'.lahand <to> upwards <towards>H4605
הַקְּרָנ֖וֹתha.ke.ra.Notthe hornsH7161
אַרְבַּֽע\׃'ar.Ba'fourH702

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 43:15

  • Exodus 27:2

    And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

  • Leviticus 9:9

    And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar:

  • Psalms 118:27

    God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

  • Isaiah 29:1-2

    Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.

  • 1 Kings 2:28

    Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

  • Isaiah 29:7

    And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the altar. Heb. Harel, that is, the mountain of God.Probably so called in opposition to the idolatrous high places.
the altar. Heb. Ariel, that is, the lion of God.Rather, "the hearth of God," from the Arabic {irat,} or {iryat,} a hearth, and {ail,} God.
Isa 29:1,2,7
four horns.
Ex 27:2; Le 9:9; 1Ki 2:28; Ps 118:27

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Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 43:16

    And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.

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Ezekiel 43:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y el altar, de cuatro codos, y encima del altar, cuatro cuernos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et la montagne de ✶Dieu avait quatre coudées, et, depuis le lion de ✶Dieu en haut, les quatre cornes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der Gottesberg:vier Ellen Höhe; und von dem Gottesherde aufwärts die vier Hörner.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ipse autem ariel quatuor cubitorum, et ab ariel usque ad sursum cornua quatuor.