Ezekiel 43:13

These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar:

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Study note

Setting — The prophet Ezekiel records a divine revelation detailing the exact architectural specifications for the future temple altar.

The words — מִדּוֹת (mi-dot) translates to measurements, while חֵיק (cheik) denotes the gutter or basin cut into the altar structure.

The thread — Specific dimensions govern altar construction in Exodus 27:1 and 2 Chronicles 4:1, establishing a consistent pattern of divine architectural precision across Scripture.

Why it lands — The text demands strict adherence to revealed specifications, requiring the reader to recognize that worship requires exact obedience to divine instruction rather than human invention.

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The Hebrew words

King 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.

Cross-references

Exodus 27:1 “You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
2 Chronicles 4:1 He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
Ezekiel 40:5 And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.
Ezekiel 41:8 I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the full length of a rod, six long cubits.