^43:13“And these are the measurements of the altar:¹³ Its base¹⁴ is 1¾ feet¹⁵ high,¹⁶ and 1¾ feet¹⁷ wide, and its border nine inches¹⁸ on its edge. This is to be the height¹⁹ of the altar.

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Footnotes

13 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.
14 The Hebrew term normally means “bosom.” Here it refers to a hollow in the ground.
15 Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).
16 The word “high” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied in the translation for clarity.
17 Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).
18 Heb “one span.” A span was three handbreadths, or about nine inches (i.e., 22.5 cm).
19 Heb “bulge, protuberance, mound.” The translation follows the .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“These are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth): its base shall be one cubit high and one cubit broad, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this shall be the height of the altar:

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits, that cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth: Its gutter is a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around the edge. And this is the height of the altar:

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“These are the measurements of the altar in units of length (each unit being the standard length plus three inches): The gutter is 21 inches deep and 21 inches wide, with a rim of nine inches around its edge. This is the base of the altar.

NLTNew Living Translation

“These are the measurements of the altar: There is a gutter all around the altar 21 inches deep and 21 inches wide, with a curb 9 inches wide around its edge. And this is the height of the altar:

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And these are the measurements of the altar in the cubits (a cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth): now its gutter is a cubit in depth by a cubit in width and its rim along its edge all around is one span, and this is also the height of the altar.

KJV 1900King James Version

And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.

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