Ezekiel 1:26

1:26 Above the platform over their heads was something like a sapphire shaped like a throne. High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man.

Ezekiel 17:23

17:23 I will plant it on a high mountain of Israel,

and it will raise branches and produce fruit and become a beautiful cedar.

Every bird will live under it;

Every winged creature will live in the shade of its branches.

Ezekiel 34:6

34:6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.

Ezekiel 40:2

40:2 By means of divine visions ¹  he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, ²  and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.

Ezekiel 40:42

40:42 The four tables for the burnt offering were of carved stone, 32 inches ³  long, 32 inches ⁴  wide, and 21 inches ⁵  high. They would put the instruments which they used to slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice on them.

Ezekiel 41:22

41:22 The altar was of wood, 5¼ feet ⁶  high, with its length 3½ feet; ⁷  its corners, its length, ⁸  and its walls were of wood. He said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.”

Ezekiel 43:13

The Altar

43:13 “And these are the measurements of the altar: ⁹  Its base ¹⁰  is 1¾ feet ¹¹  high, ¹²  and 1¾ feet ¹³  wide, and its border nine inches ¹⁴  on its edge. This is to be the height ¹⁵  of the altar.

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¹ tn The expression introduces the three major visions of Ezekiel (1:1; 8:3; 40:2).

² tn The reference to a very high mountain is harmonious with Isa 2:2.

³ tn Heb “one and a half cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).

⁴ tn Heb “one and a half cubits” (i.e., 78.75 cm).

⁵ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

⁶ tn Heb “three cubits” (i.e., 1.575 meters).

⁷ tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

⁸ tc So the Masoretic text. The LXX reads “base.”

⁹ tn Heb “the measurements of the altar by cubits, the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth.” The measuring units here and in the remainder of this section are the Hebrew “long” cubit, consisting of a cubit (about 18 inches or 45 cm) and a handbreadth (about 3 inches or 7.5 cm), for a total of 21 inches (52.5 cm). Because modern readers are not familiar with the cubit as a unit of measurement, and due to the additional complication of the “long” cubit as opposed to the regular cubit, all measurements have been converted to American standard feet and inches, with the Hebrew measurements and the metric equivalents given in the notes. On the altar see Ezek 40:47.

¹⁰ tn The Hebrew term normally means “bosom.” Here it refers to a hollow in the ground.

¹¹ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

¹² tn The word “high” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹³ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

¹⁴ tn Heb “one span.” A span was three handbreadths, or about nine inches (i.e., 22.5 cm).

¹⁵ tc Heb “bulge, protuberance, mound.” The translation follows the LXX.