Ezekiel 43:13-17

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:15

So the altar shall be four cubits ,.... That is, from the greater settle; so that in the whole it was ten cubits high, the same with Solomon's, 2 Chronicles 4:1 some make this to be eleven cubits high, one higher than Solomon's; it is here called "Harel", the mountain of God, because it looked like a mountain in the court, for its size: it was on a mountain our Lord was offered up a sacrifice for the sins of his people; and which was far superior to all other sacrifices, and for more... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:16

And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad ,.... The length of it, from east to west, was twelve cubits; and the breadth, from north to south, was the same; so that it was a proper foursquare, as follows: Christ the altar, or the doctrine of his sacrifice and satisfaction for the sins of men, is the doctrine of the twelve apostles of Christ, and embraced by the twelve times twelve, the 144,000 that belong unto him: square in the four squares thereof ; as the altar in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:17

And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof ,.... Here Kimchi confesses his ignorance. Jarchi interprets it, the top of the altar, with the place of the horns, and of the feet of the priests, and was twenty eight cubits by twenty eight, the fourteen mentioned being to be measured from the middle F26 So Lipman. Tzurath Beth Hamikdash, sect. 40. Vid. Misn. Middot, c. 3. sect. 1. ; and he seems to be right in making it to be the upper part... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 43:15

So the altar - ההראל haharel , "the mount of God." And from the altar - ומהאראיל umihaariel , "and from the lion of God." Perhaps the first was a name given to the altar when elevated to the honor of God, and on which the victims were offered to him, and the second, the lion of God, may mean the hearth, which might have been thus called, because it devoured and consumed the burnt-offerings, as a lion does his prey. See on Isaiah 29:1 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 43:17

And the settle - The ledge on which the priests walked round the altar, see Ezekiel 43:14 . By these settles or ledges the altar was narrowed towards the top. "The ascent shall look toward the east;" this ascent was an inclined plane. But these settles, or more properly ledges, as Bp. Newcome translates, may be thus computed. The altar itself was ten feet high and twenty broad; the same as that of Solomon, 2 Chronicles 4:1 . Height Cubits For the base, Ezekiel 43:13 , is in height... read more

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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 43:17

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 43:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 43:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:1-27

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