Ezekiel 40:29

40:29 Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet ¹  and its width 43¾ feet. ² 

Ezekiel 40:33

40:33 Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet ³  and its width 43¾ feet. ⁴ 

Ezekiel 41:22

41:22 The altar was of wood, 5¼ feet ⁵  high, with its length 3½ feet; ⁶  its corners, its length, ⁷  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: ⁸  Its base ⁹  is 1¾ feet ¹⁰  high, ¹¹  and 1¾ feet ¹²  wide, and its border nine inches ¹³  on its edge. This is to be the height ¹⁴  of the altar.

Ezekiel 47:4

47:4 Again he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was now knee deep. Once more he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was waist deep.

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¹ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

² tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

³ tn Heb “fifty cubits” (i.e., 26.25 meters).

⁴ tn Heb “twenty-five cubits” (i.e., 13.125 meters).

⁵ tn Heb “three cubits” (i.e., 1.575 meters).

⁶ tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

⁷ tc So the Masoretic text. The LXX reads “base.”

⁸ 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.

⁹ tn The Hebrew term normally means “bosom.” Here it refers to a hollow in the ground.

¹⁰ tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

¹¹ tn The word “high” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹² tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).

¹³ tn Heb “one span.” A span was three handbreadths, or about nine inches (i.e., 22.5 cm).

¹⁴ tc Heb “bulge, protuberance, mound.” The translation follows the LXX.