Ezekiel 43:13 KJV

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.

Words Then and Now

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Matthew Henry

  • Ezekiel 43:1–27After Ezekiel had surveyed the temple of God, he had a vision of the glory of God. When Christ crucified, and the things freely given to us of God, through...

Thompson Chains

  • HandbreadthSee the chain from Exodus 25:25 · 3 links
  • CubitsSee the chain from Genesis 6:16 · 5 links
  • SpanSee the chain from Exodus 28:16 · 3 links

Cross References

  • Exodus 27:1–8 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. …
  • 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.
  • Ezekiel 40:5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
  • Ezekiel 41:8 I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.

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  • And these are the measures וְאֵלֶּה wĕʾēllê Pronoun · with and מִדּוֹת middôt מִדָּה Noun · feminine plural construct
  • of the altar הַמִּזְבֵּחַ hammizbēaḥ מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine singular · with the
  • after the cubits בָּאַמּוֹת bāʾammôt אַמָּה Noun · feminine plural · with preposition with the
  • The cubit אַמָּה ʾammâ אַמָּה Noun · feminine singular
  • a cubit אַמָּה ʾammâ אַמָּה Noun · feminine singular
  • and an hand breadth וָטֹפַח wāṭōpaḥ טֹפַח Noun · masculine singular · with and
  • even the bottom וְחֵיק wĕḥêq חֵיק Noun · masculine singular construct · with and
  • a cubit הָאַמָּה hāʾammâ אַמָּה Noun · feminine singular · with the
  • and the breadth רֹחַב rōḥab רֹחַב Noun · masculine singular
  • a cubit וְאַמָּה wĕʾammâ אַמָּה Noun · feminine singular · with and
  • and the border וּגְבוּלָהּ ûgĕbûlāh גְּבוּל Noun · masculine singular construct · with and, suffix: third person feminine singular
  • thereof by the edge שְׂפָתָהּ śĕpātāh שָׂפָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person feminine singular
  • thereof round about אֶל ʾel Preposition סָבִיב sābîb סָבִיב Noun · masculine or feminine singular
  • a הָאֶחָד hāʾeḥād אֶחָד Number · masculine singular · with the
  • span זֶרֶת zeret זֶרֶת Noun · feminine singular construct
  • and this shall be the higher place וְזֶה wĕzê Pronoun · with and גַּב gab גַב Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct
  • of the altar הַמִּזְבֵּחַ hammizbēaḥ מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine singular · with the

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