Ezekiel 43:15-16 NIV

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 43:15

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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:1-27

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 43:15

Noteworthy is the word altar, which in this verse renders two distinct Hebrew terms, הַרְאֵל and אֲרִיאֵל , which Gesenius, Hitzig, Ewald, Smend, and others, after the LXX . ( τὸ ἀριὴλ ), identify as synonymous, and translate by "hearth." But the first can only signify "the mount of God," while the latter may mean either "lion of God" or "hearth of God." Kliefoth, deriving the latter from אָרָה , "to consume," and אַיִך , "a ram," prefers as its import "ram-devourer;"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:16-17

The measurements that now begin concern the breadth of the altar , and proceed from above downwards. First the altar, or, hearth of God (Hebrew, ariel ) was twelve cubits long and twelve broad , i.e. was square in the four squares (or, sides) thereof, or a perfect square (comp. Exodus 27:1 ; Revelation 21:16 ). Next the settle , or, enclosure (Hebrew, הָ ) of Ezekiel 43:14 , was fourteen cubits long, and fourteen broad in the four squares (or, sides) thereof ;... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 43:15

The altar ... the altar - See the margin. The two words may denote, the first a square block (N) placed upon the upper settle, the second a slab (O), the thickness of which is not given, from which rose four horns Exodus 27:2; and to which it seems probable that the victims of sacrifice were at times bound. Psalms 118:27. Why the names Harel and Ariel were used must be conjectural. Mount of God may have been a title naturally given to the place of sacrifice as elsewhere to the place of worship... read more

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

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

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:1-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:13-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:13-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 43:16-17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 43:15

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