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Ezekiel 43:15
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The altar hearth is 7 feet high, and four horns project upward from the hearth.
The upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.
So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward, four horns.
"The altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth shall extend upward four horns.
The place where the sacrifice is burned on the altar is seven feet high, with its four corners shaped like horns and reaching up above it.
"The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns [one from each corner, each one cubit high].
So the altar shalbe foure cubites, and from the altar vpward shalbe foure hornes.
"The altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns.
And the altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns.
The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth.
The hearth measures seven feet [high], with four horns on top of the hearth.
And the upper altar was four cubits; and from the hearth of God and upward were four horns.
The place for the fire on the altar was 4 cubits high. The four corners were shaped like horns.
So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward there shall be four horns.
This top section, on which the sacrifices were burned, was also 7 feet high. The projections on the four corners were higher than the rest of the top.
And the altar hearth was four cubits, and from the altar hearth and upwards were the four horns of the altar.
And the altar hearth shall be four cubits, and from the altar hearth and upward shall be four horns.
The aulter was foure cubites hie, & from the aulter vpwarde stode foure hornes,
And the upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.
And the fireplace is four cubits high: and coming up from the fireplace are the horns, a cubit high.
And the hearth shall be four cubits; and from the hearth and upward there shall be four horns.
So the Altar shalbe foure cubites, and from the altar and vpward shalbe foure hornes.
The aulter was foure cubites hie, and from the aulter vpwarde stoode foure hornes.
And the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and above the horns a cubit.
And the upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.
The upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.
forsothe thilke ariel, that is, the hiyere part of the auter, was of foure cubitis; and fro the auter `til to aboue weren foure hornes.
And the upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.
So the altar [shall be] four cubits; and from the altar and upward [shall be] four horns.
and the altar hearth, 7 feet, and from the altar hearth four horns projecting upward.
The top of the altar, the hearth, rises another 7 feet higher, with a horn rising up from each of the four corners.
The altar fireplace will be four cubits high, and four horns will go up from the top four corners of the altar one cubit high.
and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward, four horns.
And the hearth, shall, be four cubits, - and from the hearth and upward, the horns shall be four.
And the Ariel itself was four cubits: and from the Ariel upward were four horns.
and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward, four horns, one cubit high.
`And the altar [is] four cubits, and from the altar and upward [are] four horns.
The Meaning of the Temple The man brought me to the east gate. Oh! The bright Glory of the God of Israel rivered out of the east sounding like the roar of floodwaters, and the earth itself glowed with the bright Glory. It looked just like what I had seen when he came to destroy the city, exactly like what I had seen earlier at the Kebar River. And again I fell, face to the ground. The bright Glory of God poured into the Temple through the east gate. The Spirit put me on my feet and led me to the inside courtyard and—oh! the bright Glory of God filled the Temple! I heard someone speaking to me from inside the Temple while the man stood beside me. He said, "Son of man, this is the place for my throne, the place I'll plant my feet. This is the place where I'll live with the Israelites forever. Neither the people of Israel nor their kings will ever again drag my holy name through the mud with their whoring and the no-god idols their kings set up at all the wayside shrines. When they set up their worship shrines right alongside mine with only a thin wall between them, they dragged my holy name through the mud with their obscene and vile worship. Is it any wonder that I destroyed them in anger? So let them get rid of their whoring ways and the stinking no-god idols introduced by their kings and I'll move in and live with them forever. "Son of man, tell the people of Israel all about the Temple so they'll be dismayed by their wayward lives. Get them to go over the layout. That will bring them up short. Show them the whole plan of the Temple, its ins and outs, the proportions, the regulations, and the laws. Draw a picture so they can see the design and meaning and live by its design and intent. "This is the law of the Temple: As it radiates from the top of the mountain, everything around it becomes holy ground. Yes, this is law, the meaning, of the Temple. "These are the dimensions of the altar, using the long (twenty-one-inch) ruler. The gutter at its base is twenty-one inches deep and twenty-one inches wide, with a four-inch lip around its edge. "The height of the altar is three and a half feet from the base to the first ledge and twenty inches wide. From the first ledge to the second ledge it is seven feet high and twenty-one inches wide. The altar hearth is another seven feet high. Four horns stick upward from the hearth twenty-one inches high.
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Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure 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. Isaiah 29:1, Isaiah 29:2, Isaiah 29:7
four horns: Exodus 27:2, Leviticus 9:9, 1 Kings 2:28, Psalms 118:27
Reciprocal: Ezekiel 43:14 - the lower settle Ezekiel 43:20 - take
Gill's Notes on the Bible
So the altar shall be four cubits,.... That is, from the greater settle; so that in the whole it was ten cubits high, the same with Solomon's, 2 Chronicles 4:1 some make this to be eleven cubits high, one higher than Solomon's; it is here called "Harel", the mountain of God, because it looked like a mountain in the court, for its size: it was on a mountain our Lord was offered up a sacrifice for the sins of his people; and which was far superior to all other sacrifices, and for more persons than those sacrifices offered up on the altar of burnt offerings.
And from the altar and upward shall be four horns; or, "from Ariel" x; which was the focus or hearth where the wood was laid, and the fire kindled, called "Ariel"; which some render the lion of God, because, as the Jewish Rabbins y say, the fire of the altar lay upon it in the form of a lion; or rather, because like a lion it devoured the sacrifices: this name of the altar agrees well with Christ, the Lion of the tribe of Judah; who was strong to bear the sins of men, and the wrath of God for them, whereby they are no more; though it rather signifies the fire of God, which consumed the sacrifice, and denoted the wrath of God on Christ, and also the divine acceptance of his sacrifice: now from hence and upwards were four horns at the four corners of the altar; which denote the strength of Christ, to save all that come unto God by him, and his being a refuge to them that by faith lay hold upon him; and that he is accessible to persons that come from all parts, from the four corners of the earth.
x מהאראיל "ab Hareil", Starckius. y Misn. Middot, c. 4. sect. 7.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The altar ... the altar - See the margin. The two words may denote, the first a square block (N) placed upon the upper settle, the second a slab (O), the thickness of which is not given, from which rose four horns Exodus 27:2; and to which it seems probable that the victims of sacrifice were at times bound. Psalms 118:27. Why the names Harel and Ariel were used must be conjectural. Mount of God may have been a title naturally given to the place of sacrifice as elsewhere to the place of worship Ezekiel 40:2; Lion of God was a term used for the Holy City itself Isaiah 29:1.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezekiel 43:15. 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 honour 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 Isaiah 29:1.
