Ezekiel 7:2

7:2 “You, son of man – this is what the sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel: An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land! ¹ 

Ezekiel 41:22

41:22 The altar was of wood, 5¼ feet ²  high, with its length 3½ feet; ³  its corners, its length, ⁴  and its walls were of wood. He said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.”

Ezekiel 43:20

43:20 You will take some of its blood, and place it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border all around; you will cleanse it and make atonement for it. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 46:21

46:21 Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me past the four corners of the court, and I noticed ⁶  that in every corner of the court there was a court.

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¹ tn Or “earth.” Elsewhere the expression “four corners of the earth” figuratively refers to the whole earth (Isa 11:12).

² tn Heb “three cubits” (i.e., 1.575 meters).

³ tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).

⁴ tc So the Masoretic text. The LXX reads “base.”

⁵ sn Note the similar language in Lev 16:18.

⁶ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.