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and from the altar hearth projecting upward, four horns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/43.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/43.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />So the altar <i>shall be</i> four cubits; and from the altar and upward <i>shall be</i> four horns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/43.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The altar hearth <i>is</i> four cubits high, with four horns extending upward from the hearth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/43.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The altar hearth <i>shall be</i> four cubits; and from the altar hearth <i>shall extend</i> upward four horns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/43.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/43.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And the altar hearth <i>shall be</i> four cubits; and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/43.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And the altar hearth <i>shall be</i> four cubits; and from the altar hearth <i>shall</i> extend upwards four horns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/43.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The altar hearth <i>shall be</i> four cubits high, and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns [one from each corner, each one cubit high].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/43.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The altar hearth is 7 feet high, and four horns project upward from the hearth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/43.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The altar hearth is seven feet high, and four horns project upward from the hearth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/43.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/43.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/43.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The place where the sacrifices were burned was 7 feet high. There were four horns above it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/43.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />This top section, on which the sacrifices were burned, was also 7 feet high. The projections on the four corners were higher than the rest of the top. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/43.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The hearth is to be four cubits high, and four horns are to extend upwards from the hearth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/43.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/43.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />and the altar hearth, 7 feet, and from the altar hearth four horns projecting upward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/43.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The upper altar shall be six feet eleven inches; and four horns project upward from the altar hearth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/43.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/43.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/43.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the altar [is] four cubits, and from the altar and upward [are] four horns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/43.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the altar is four cubits, and from the altar and upward are four horns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/43.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the mountain of God, four cubits; and from the lion of God and upwards, four horns.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/43.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Ariel itself was four cubits: and from the Ariel upward were four horns. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/43.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Now the hearth itself was four cubits. And from the hearth going upward, there were four horns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/43.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The altar hearth was four cubits high, and extending up from the top of the hearth were four horns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/43.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward, four horns.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/43.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward there shall be four horns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/43.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the altar was four cubits, and from the altar and above, four horns<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/43.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the hearth shall be four cubits; and from the hearth and upward there shall be four horns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/43.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the altar <i>shall be</i> four cubits; and from the altar and above the horns a cubit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/43-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=13148" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/43.htm">The Altar of Sacrifice</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>The space from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. The space from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2025.htm" title="2025: wə·ha·har·’êl (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- Mount of God, the altar of burnt-offering. From har and 'el; mount of God; figuratively, the altar of burnt-offering.">The altar hearth</a> <a href="/hebrew/702.htm" title="702: ’ar·ba‘ (Number-fsc) -- Four. Masculine oarbaah; from raba'; four.">shall be four</a> <a href="/hebrew/520.htm" title="520: ’am·mō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Prolonged from 'em; properly, a mother (below the elbow), i.e. A cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance).">cubits high,</a> <a href="/hebrew/702.htm" title="702: ’ar·ba‘ (Number-fs) -- Four. Masculine oarbaah; from raba'; four.">and four</a> <a href="/hebrew/7161.htm" title="7161: haq·qə·rā·nō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- From qaran; a horn; by implication, a flask, cornet; by resembl. An elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray; figuratively, power.">horns</a> <a href="/hebrew/4605.htm" title="4605: ū·lə·ma‘·lāh (Conj-w, Prep-l:: Adv:: 3fs) -- From alah; properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.">shall project upward</a> <a href="/hebrew/741.htm" title="741: ū·mē·hå̄·ʾă·ri·ʾēl (Conj-w, Prep-m, Art:: N-ms) -- Either by transposition for 'ariy'el or, more probably, an orthographical variation for har'el; the altar of the temple.">from the hearth.</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/27-1.htm">Exodus 27:1-8</a></span><br />“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. / Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze. / Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/9-24.htm">Leviticus 9:24</a></span><br />Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-1.htm">2 Chronicles 7:1-3</a></span><br />When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. / The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it. / When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-1.htm">Isaiah 6:1-4</a></span><br />In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple. / Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. / And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/8-3.htm">Revelation 8:3-5</a></span><br />Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. / And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel. / Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-1.htm">Revelation 11:1</a></span><br />Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-22.htm">Revelation 21:22</a></span><br />But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-23.htm">Hebrews 9:23-24</a></span><br />So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. / For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-19.htm">Hebrews 10:19-22</a></span><br />Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, / by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body, / and since we have a great priest over the house of God, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/118-27.htm">Psalm 118:27</a></span><br />The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-11.htm">Malachi 1:11</a></span><br />For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a></span><br />Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-16.htm">1 Corinthians 3:16-17</a></span><br />Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? / If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-5.htm">1 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Isaiah 56:7</a></span><br />I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/29-1.htm">Isaiah 29:1,2,7</a></b></br> Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city <i>where</i> David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices… </p><p class="hdg">four horns</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/27-2.htm">Exodus 27:2</a></b></br> And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/9-9.htm">Leviticus 9:9</a></b></br> And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put <i>it</i> upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/2-28.htm">1 Kings 2:28</a></b></br> Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/43-14.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-14.htm">Cubit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-14.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-33.htm">Extend</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-22.htm">Fireplace</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-14.htm">Four</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-23.htm">Hearth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-14.htm">High</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-21.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-3.htm">Project</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-3.htm">Projecting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Upper</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-6.htm">Upward</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-11.htm">Upwards</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/43-16.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-17.htm">Cubit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-16.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-17.htm">Extend</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-16.htm">Fireplace</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-16.htm">Four</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-16.htm">Hearth</a> <a href="/daniel/1-3.htm">High</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-20.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/exodus/25-33.htm">Project</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-34.htm">Projecting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-17.htm">Upper</a> <a href="/hosea/7-16.htm">Upward</a> <a href="/hosea/7-16.htm">Upwards</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 43</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/43-1.htm">The returning of the glory of God into the temple</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/43-7.htm">The sin of Israel hindered God's presence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/43-10.htm">The prophet exhorts them to repentance and observation of the law of the house</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/43-13.htm">The measures</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/43-18.htm">and ordinances of the altar</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/43.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/43.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The altar hearth shall be four cubits high</b><br>The altar hearth, also known as the "Ariel" or "Harel," is the uppermost part of the altar where sacrifices were burned. The height of four cubits (approximately six feet) signifies its prominence and importance in the sacrificial system. This height ensures that the altar is visible and central in the temple courtyard, emphasizing the significance of sacrifice in worship. The number four often symbolizes completeness and universality in biblical numerology, suggesting the altar's role in complete atonement and reconciliation with God. The altar's design reflects the detailed instructions given to Moses for the tabernacle, indicating continuity in worship practices from the tabernacle to the temple.<p><b>and four horns shall project upward from the hearth</b><br>The four horns on the altar are a significant feature, symbolizing strength and power. In ancient Near Eastern culture, horns were often associated with authority and might. Biblically, they represent God's power and the means by which atonement and mercy are extended to the people. The horns were used in the ritual of atonement, where blood was applied to them as a sign of purification and forgiveness (<a href="/exodus/29-12.htm">Exodus 29:12</a>, <a href="/leviticus/4-7.htm">Leviticus 4:7</a>). The number four may also represent the four corners of the earth, indicating the universal reach of God's mercy and the inclusivity of His covenant. The projecting horns can be seen as a type of Christ, who is the ultimate sacrifice and source of salvation, extending grace and mercy to all who seek refuge in Him.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet and priest during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel is the author of the book. He receives visions from God, including the vision of the new temple in chapters 40-48.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_altar.htm">The Altar</a></b><br>Central to the vision in <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/43.htm">Ezekiel 43</a>, the altar represents the place of sacrifice and worship in the new temple. It symbolizes the restoration of proper worship and relationship with God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple_vision.htm">The Temple Vision</a></b><br>This vision, given to Ezekiel, outlines a future temple, symbolizing God's presence among His people and the restoration of Israel.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_four_horns.htm">The Four Horns</a></b><br>Projecting from the altar hearth, these horns are symbolic of strength and power, often associated with God's protection and the atonement of sin.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_hearth.htm">The Hearth</a></b><br>The top part of the altar where sacrifices are made, representing the heart of worship and the place where offerings are consumed by fire.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_centrality_of_worship.htm">The Centrality of Worship</a></b><br>The altar's design and prominence in the temple vision remind us of the central role of worship in our relationship with God. Worship should be at the heart of our lives, just as the altar is central in the temple.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_horns.htm">Symbolism of the Horns</a></b><br>The horns on the altar symbolize God's power and protection. In our lives, we can find strength and refuge in God's presence, knowing He is our protector.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/restoration_and_atonement.htm">Restoration and Atonement</a></b><br>The altar signifies the restoration of Israel and the atonement for sin. This points to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who restores our relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_reverence.htm">Holiness and Reverence</a></b><br>The detailed description of the altar reflects the holiness required in approaching God. We are called to approach God with reverence and purity, acknowledging His holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/future_hope.htm">Future Hope</a></b><br>Ezekiel's vision of the temple and altar provides hope for future restoration and God's abiding presence. We can live with hope, knowing that God is working to restore all things.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_43.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 43</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_ezekiel_46_and_other_texts_align.htm">Ezekiel 46:4-8 prescribes animal sacrifices long after the exile; how does this align with other texts that emphasize altered religious practices or question the necessity of sacrifices?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/where's_proof_zadokites_stayed_faithful.htm">Ezekiel 44:15 singles out Zadokite priests for special privileges--where is the historical record or proof that this priestly line remained uniquely faithful?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/leviticus_8_15-17__blood_source_and_safety.htm">In Leviticus 8:15-17, where does the blood used for the purification truly come from, and how did they handle potential health risks?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_ezekiel_temple's_significance.htm">What is the significance of the Ezekiel temple?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/43.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - Noteworthy is the word altar, which in this verse renders two distinct Hebrew terms, <span class="hebrew">הַרְאֵל</span> and <span class="hebrew">אֲרִיאֵל</span>, which Gesenius, Hitzig, Ewald, Smend, and others, after the LXX. (<span class="greek">τὸ ἀριὴλ</span>), identify as synonymous, and translate by "hearth." But the first can only signify "the mount of God," while the latter may mean either "lion of God" or "hearth of God." Kliefoth, deriving the latter from <span class="hebrew">אָרָה</span>, "to consume," and <span class="hebrew">אַיִכ</span>, "a ram," prefers as its import "ram-devourer;" Hengstenberg, resolving into <span class="hebrew">אַיִל</span> "a ram," and <span class="hebrew">אְרַיִ</span>, "a lion," proposes as its equivalent "ram-lion." <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "the lion that consumes the rams for God" - a ten-doting closely allied to that of Kliefoth. In any case, the terms allude to parts of the altar: the second, Ariel (equivalent to the hearth on which God's fire burns), according to Keil, Kliefoth, and the best expositors, meaning the flat surface of the altar; and the first, Harel (conveying the ideas of elevation and sanctity), the base on which it rested. The height of this base was four cubits, while from the hearth projected four horns, as in the altars of the Mosaic tabernacle (<a href="/exodus/27-2.htm">Exodus 27:2</a>; <a href="/exodus/38-2.htm">Exodus 38:2</a>; <a href="/leviticus/4-7.htm">Leviticus 4:7, 18</a>; <a href="/leviticus/8-15.htm">Leviticus 8:15</a>) and Solomonic temple (<a href="/psalms/118-27.htm">Psalm 118:27</a>). If the length of these be set down, as Kliefoth suggests, at three cubits, then the whole height of the altar will be in cubits - one for the ground bottom, two for the lower settle, four for the upper, four for the bases of the hearth, with three for the horns, equal to fourteen in all; or, omitting the horns, of which the length is not given, and the altar base, which is distinguished from the altar, ten cubits in all for the altar proper. As to the symbolic import of the "horns," Kurtz, after Hofmaun and Kliefoth, finds this in the idea of elevation, the "horns," as the highest point in the altar, bringing the blood put upon them nearer to God than the sides did the blood sprinkled on them (see 'Sacrificial Worship of the Old Testament,' § 13); Keil, after Bahr, in the notions of strength, beauty, and blessing, the horns of an animal being the points in which its power, grace, and fullness of life are concentrated, and therefore fitting emblems of those points in the altar in which appears "its significance as a place of the revelation of Divine might and strength, of Divine salvation and blessing" ('Biblische Archaologie,' § 20). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/43-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The altar hearth</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַֽהַרְאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ha·har·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_741.htm">Strong's 741: </a> </span><span class="str2">The altar of the temple</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[shall be] four</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְבַּ֣ע</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·ba‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_702.htm">Strong's 702: </a> </span><span class="str2">Four</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cubits [high],</span><br /><span class="heb">אַמּ֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(’am·mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, a cubit, a door-base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and four</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְבַּֽע׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·ba‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_702.htm">Strong's 702: </a> </span><span class="str2">Four</span><br /><br /><span class="word">horns</span><br /><span class="heb">הַקְּרָנ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(haq·qə·rā·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7161.htm">Strong's 7161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A horn, a flask, cornet, an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray, power</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shall project upward</span><br /><span class="heb">וּלְמַ֔עְלָה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·ma‘·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Adverb | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4605.htm">Strong's 4605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the hearth.</span><br /><span class="heb">תתן־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mê·hā·’ă·rî·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_741.htm">Strong's 741: </a> </span><span class="str2">The altar of the temple</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/43-15.htm">Ezekiel 43:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/43-15.htm">Ezekiel 43:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/43-15.htm">Ezekiel 43:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/43-15.htm">Ezekiel 43:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/43-15.htm">Ezekiel 43:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/43-15.htm">Ezekiel 43:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/43-15.htm">Ezekiel 43:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/43-15.htm">Ezekiel 43:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/43-15.htm">Ezekiel 43:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/43-15.htm">Ezekiel 43:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/43-15.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 43:15 The upper altar shall be four cubits (Ezek. 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