And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
And the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.
WEB
The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.
YLT
And the altar is twelve long by twelve broad, square in its four squares.
DBT
And the hearth ofGod was twelve [cubits] long, by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)