"And the altar {shall be} twelve {cubits} long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof." — Ezekiel 43:16

Ezekiel 43:16 · KJV

“And the altar {shall be} twelve {cubits} long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.”

— Ezekiel 43:16

So the altar {shall be} four cubits; and from the altar and upward {shall be} four horns. {the altar (first): Heb. Harel, that is, the mountain of God} {the altar (second): Heb. Ariel, that is, the lion of God}

Verse 17

And the settle {shall be} fourteen {cubits} long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it {shall be} half a cubit; and the bottom thereof {shall be} a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.

Ezekiel 43 — Context

And from the bottom {upon} the ground {even} to the lower settle {shall be} two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle {even} to the greater settle {shall be} four cubits, and the breadth {one} cubit.

And the altar {shall be} twelve {cubits} long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.

And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These {are} the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.

Cross References

Exodus 27:1

And thou shalt make an altar {of} shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof {shall be} three cubits.

Ezra 3:3

And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear {was} upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, {even} burnt offerings morning and evening.

2 Chronicles 4:1

Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.

Exodus 38:1-2

And he made the altar of burnt offering {of} shittim wood: five cubits {was} the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; {it was} foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.