Discovery BoxEzekiel 43:14 
Context43:14 From the base of the ground to the lower edge is 3½ feet, 1 and the width 1¾ feet; 2 and from the smaller ledge to the larger edge, 7 feet, 3 and the width 1¾ feet;
Ezekiel 43:17
Context43:17 The ledge is 24½ feet 4 long and 24½ feet wide on four sides; the border around it is 10½ inches, 5 and its surrounding base 1¾ feet. 6 Its steps face east.”
Ezekiel 43:20
Context43:20 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. 7
Ezekiel 45:19
Context45:19 The priest will take some of the blood of the sin offering and place it on the doorpost of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the doorpost of the gate of the inner court.
1 tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
2 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm; the phrase occurs again later in this verse).
3 tn Heb “four cubits” (i.e., 2.1 meters; the phrase also occurs in the next verse).
4 tn Heb “fourteen”; the word “cubits” is not in the Hebrew text but is understood from the context; the phrase occurs again later in this verse. Fourteen cubits is about 7.35 meters.
5 tn Heb “half a cubit” (i.e., 26.25 cm).
6 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).
