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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 43:13-27

This relates to the altar in this mystical temple, and that is mystical too; for Christ is our altar. The Jews, after their return out of captivity, had an altar long before they had a temple, Ezra 3:3. But this was an altar in the temple. Now here we have, I. The measures of the altar, Ezek. 43:13. It was six yards square at the top and seven yards square at the bottom; it was four yards and a half high; it had a lower bench or shelf, here called a settle, a yard from the ground, on which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:13

And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits ,.... Of the altar of burnt offering, which though measured before, the dimensions were not given till now; see Ezekiel 40:47 , this altar was a type of Christ, Hebrews 13:10 with respect to his deity, which is greater than the sacrifice of his human nature, the support of it, which sanctified it, and gave virtue and efficacy to it, and rendered it acceptable to God, Matthew 23:19 and the measures of it are said to be after the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:14

And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the lower settle ,.... From the basis or foundation of the altar, as it stood upon the ground, to the lower settle or "court" F23 העזרה "atrium auxilii", Montanus. , as it is called, where the priests stood; and in which they could walk round the altar, to do their business: shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit ; that is, two cubits high, and one broad: and from the lesser settle or court, to the greater settle or court,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 43:13

The cubit is a cubit and a hand breadth - It is the same cubit by which all the previous admeasurements were made, and was a hand breadth or four inches longer than the Babylonian cubit. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:13

The measures of the altar . The altar is הַמִּזְבֵּחַ , that formerly mentioned as standing in the inner court, immediately in front of the" house" ( Ezekiel 40:47 ), the altar of burnt offering, and not the altar of incense in the holy place ( Ezekiel 41:22 ). Its dimensions, then omitted, are now reported in connection with its consecration, which also is narrated as a pendant to that of the "house," because of the intimate connection between the two—the consecration of the altar... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:13-27

The temple-altar described ( Ezekiel 43:13-17 ), and the ritual for its consecration explained ( Ezekiel 43:18-27 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:13-27

Purification and preparation. Almost all the regulations pertaining to the sacrifices under the old economy bore upon the supreme question of sanctity. God would impress upon his people, by every means and in every way, that the Holy One of Israel must be approached by those only who were pure and holy; that if they would "ascend unto the hill of the Lord" they must come "with clean hands and a pure heart." Hence everything and every one had to be carefully purified or consecrated in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:14

The next measurements which are taken from the bottom upon the ground , i.e. from the הֵיק , "base," or ground framework above described, to the lower settle , i.e. to the top of the undermost of the two "terraces," or enclosures," or "platforms," of which the altar consisted, are two cubits of height with one cubit of breadth ; the measurements which follow, from the lesser settle , i.e. the undermost, to the greater settle , i.e. the uppermost, are four cubits of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 43:13

The altar of sacrifice which stood in the inner court, not the altar of incense described Ezekiel 41:22. In the temple of the vision the dimensions differ from those of the tabernacle Exodus 27:1, and of Solomon’s Temple 2 Chronicles 4:1, with a view to introduce definite propositions and symbolic numbers. See Plan L.The bottom - The base (I) of the altar so called, because it forms with its “border” (K) a kind of socket to receive the “lower settle” (L). It was to be “a cubit” in depth.The... read more

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