Ezekiel 43 · Verse 16

Ezekiel 43:16

And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
Ezekiel 43:16, King James Version

Ezekiel 43:16 in other translations

BSBThe altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.
WEBThe altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, square in its four sides.
ASVAnd the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.
YLTAnd the altar is twelve long by twelve broad, square in its four squares.
DARBYAnd the hearth of God was twelve cubits long, by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.
BBEAnd the fireplace is twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide, square on its four sides.
WebsterAnd the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares of it.

What does Ezekiel 43:16 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 43:16 in the original Hebrew

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וְהָאֲרִיאֵ֗לve.ha.'a.ri.'eiland the altar hearthH741
שְׁתֵּ֤יםshe.Teim[is] two [plus]H8147
עֶשְׂרֵה֙'es.Rehten [cubits]H6240
אֹ֔רֶךְ'O.rekh[the] lengthH753
בִּשְׁתֵּ֥יםbish.Teimby two [plus]H8147
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה'es.Rehten [cubits]H6240
רֹ֑חַבRo.chav[the] breadthH7341
רָב֕וּעַra.Vu.a'squareH7251
אֶ֖ל'eltoH413
אַרְבַּ֥עַת'ar.Ba.'at[the] fourH702
רְבָעָֽיו\׃re.va.'Avsides itsH7253

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 43:16

  • Exodus 27:1

    And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

  • Exodus 38:1-2

    And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.

  • Ezra 3:3

    And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord, even burnt offerings morning and evening.

  • 2 Chronicles 4:1

    Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
twelve cubits.
Ex 27:1; 2Ch 4:1; Ezr 3:3
square.
Ex 38:1,2

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Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 43:17

    And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.

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Ezekiel 43:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y el altar tenía doce codos de largo, y doce de ancho, cuadrado á sus cuatro lados.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le lion de ✶Dieu avait douze coudées de longueur, sur douze de largeur, en carré, sur ses quatre côtés;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der Gottesherd: zwölf Ellen Länge bei zwölf Ellen Breite, quadratförmig, an seinen vier Seiten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ariel duodecim cubitorum in longitudine per duodecim cubitos latitudinis, quadrangulatum æquis lateribus.