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.
Ezekiel 43:17 in other translations
| BSB | The ledge shall also be square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, with a rim of half a cubit and a gutter of a cubit all around it. The steps of the altar shall face east.” |
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| WEB | The ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen wide in its four sides; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and its bottom shall be a cubit around; and its steps shall look toward the east.” |
| ASV | And the ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad in the four sides thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit round about; and the steps thereof shall look toward the east. |
| YLT | And the border is fourteen long by fourteen broad, at its four squares, and the border round about it is half a cubit, and the centre to it is a cubit round about, and its steps are looking eastward.' |
| DARBY | And the settle was fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad in the four sides thereof; and the border about it, half a cubit; and the bottom thereof a cubit round about: and its steps looked toward the east. |
| BBE | And the shelf is fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, on its four sides; the edge round it is half a cubit; the base of it is a cubit all round, and its steps are facing the east. |
| Webster | And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in its four squares; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom of it shall be a cubit about; and its stairs shall look towards the east. |
What does Ezekiel 43:17 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.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Ezekiel 43:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 43:17
- Exodus 20:26
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
- Ezekiel 40:6
Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.
- Ezekiel 8:16
And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
- Nehemiah 9:4
Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God.
- Exodus 30:3
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
- 1 Kings 6:8
The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
- Exodus 25:25
And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
- 1 Kings 18:32
And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ex 25:25; 30:3; 1Ki 18:32
his stairs.Rather, "its ascents," {mäâlothehoo,} probably an inclined plane; for the law ordained that the priest should not ascend by stairs.
Ex 20:26
look toward.
8:16; 40:6; 1Ki 6:8; Ne 9:4
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Context
- 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.
- Ezekiel 43:18
And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord God; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.
Ezekiel 43:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el área, de catorce codos de longitud, y catorce de anchura en sus cuatro lados, y de medio codo el borde alrededor: y el seno de un codo por todos lados; y sus gradas estaban al oriente. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et la banquette, 14 coudées de longueur, sur 14 de largeur, sur ses quatre côtés; et le rebord qui l’entourait, une demi-coudée, et son embasement une coudée à l’entour; et ses degrés regardaient vers l’orient. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die untere Umwandung: vierzehn Ellen Länge bei vierzehn Ellen Breite, an ihren vier Seiten; und das Gesims rings um dieselbe: eine halbe Elle und ihr Untersatz eine Elle ringsum. Und seine Stufen waren gegen Osten gerichtet. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et crepido quatuordecim cubitorum longitudinis per quatuordecim cubitos latitudinis in quatuor angulis ejus: et corona in circuitu ejus dimidii cubiti, et sinus ejus unius cubiti per circuitum: gradus autem ejus versi ad orientem. |