The altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, square in its four sides.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
- BSB The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.
- NKJV The altar hearth is twelve cubits long, twelve wide, square at its four corners;
- NASB Now the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, square in its four sides.
- NLT The top of the altar is square, measuring 21 feet by 21 feet.
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Cross-references · 4
- Exod 27:1“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square: and its height shall be three cubits.
- Exod 38:1–2He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its width was five cubits, and its height was three cubits.
- Ezra 3:3In spite of their fear because of the peoples of the surrounding lands, they set the altar on its base; and they offered burnt offerings on it to Yahweh, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
- 2 Chr 4:1Then he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
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