Discovery BoxEzekiel 43:14-17 
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; 43:15 and the altar hearth, 7 feet, and from the altar hearth four horns projecting upward. 43:16 Now the altar hearth 4 is a perfect square, 21 feet 5 long and 21 feet wide. 43:17 The ledge is 24½ feet 6 long and 24½ feet wide on four sides; the border around it is 10½ inches, 7 and its surrounding base 1¾ feet. 8 Its steps face east.”
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 The precise Hebrew word used here to refer to an “altar hearth” occurs only here in the OT.
5 tn Heb “twelve cubits” (i.e., 6.3 meters; the phrase occurs twice in this verse).
6 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.
7 tn Heb “half a cubit” (i.e., 26.25 cm).
8 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).
