“The altar hearth was
Four cubits.
From the altar hearth
Projecting upward were
Four horns,
One cubit high.
The altar hearth
Shall be square.
Twelve cubits long
By twelve cubits wide.
The ledge also
Shall be square,
Fourteen cubits long
By fourteen cubits wide,
With a rim around it,
Half a cubit wide.
Its surrounding base was
One cubit wide.
Its steps
Shall face east.”
Ezekiel continued with his description of the altar hearth or the altar table where the sacrifices would be laid. This was much bigger and higher. This altar hearth or table was 4 cubits or nearly 8 feet high. It had 4 horns that were on it, each one cubit or nearly 2 feet high. This was a huge square altar table or hearth of 12 cubits. Thus, it was nearly 24 feet long by 24 feet wide. There was a square ledge with a rim around it that was even larger, 14 cubits square or nearly 28 feet square. Thus, there were 3 square layers on top of each other. This altar also had a surrounding base with steps that faced east.
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