Ezekiel 43:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַֽהַרְאֵ֖ל אַרְבַּ֣ע אַמּ֑וֹת וּמֵהָאֲרִאֵ֣יל וּלְמַ֔עְלָה הַקְּרָנ֖וֹת אַרְבַּֽע׃

Transliteration

And the harʾēl ʾarbaʿ ʾammôt, and from the ʾărîʾêl ûləmaʿlāh haqqərānôt ʾarbaʿ.

Grammar Details

*harʾēl*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the altar hearth/mountain of God
*ʾarbaʿ*: feminine numeral - four
*ʾammôt*: feminine plural noun - cubits
*ʾărîʾêl*: definite article + masculine singular noun - altar hearth/lion of God
*ûləmaʿlāh*: conjunction + preposition + adverb - and upward
*haqqərānôt*: definite article + feminine plural noun - the horns

Word Meanings

*harʾēl*: altar hearth/mountain of God/upper altar
*ʾărîʾêl*: altar hearth/lion of God/hearth of God
*ûləmaʿlāh*: and upward/and above/and higher
*haqqərānôt ʾarbaʿ*: the four horns/four projections/four corners

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Referenced Verses

Exod 27:2 : 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof; the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
Lev 9:9 : 9 And the sons of Aaron presented the blood unto him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar:
Ps 118:27 : 27 Jehovah is God, and he hath given us light: Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
Isa 29:1-2 : 1 Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! add ye year to year; let the feasts come round: 2 then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and lamentation; and she shall be unto me as Ariel.
Isa 29:7 : 7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her stronghold, and that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night.
1 Kgs 2:28 : 28 And the tidings came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the Tent of Jehovah, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ezek 43:16-18
3 verses
88%
16And the altar hearth shall be twelve [cubits] long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.
17And the ledge shall be fourteen [cubits] long by fourteen broad in the four sides thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit round about; and the steps thereof shall look toward the east.
18And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt-offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.
Ezek 43:13-14
2 verses
85%
13And these are the measures of the altar by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth): the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about a span; and this shall be the base of the altar.
14And from the bottom upon the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.
Exod 30:1-4
4 verses
83%
1And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shalt thou make it.
2A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it.
3And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
4And two golden rings shalt thou make for it under the crown thereof; upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make them; and they shall be for places for staves wherewith to bear it.
Exod 38:1-2
2 verses
80%
1And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
2And he made the horns thereof upon the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of one piece with it: and he overlaid it with brass.
2 Chr 4:1
80%
1Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
Exod 27:1-2
2 verses
79%
1And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.
2And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof; the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
Exod 37:25-26
2 verses
77%
25And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, foursquare; and two cubits was the height thereof; the horns thereof were of one piece with it.
26And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: and he made unto it a crown of gold round about.
Ezek 40:41-43
3 verses
76%
41Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew the sacrifices.
42And there were four tables for the burnt-offering, of hewn stone, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; whereupon they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt-offering and the sacrifice.
43And the hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the oblation.
Ezek 40:47
74%
47And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.
Ezek 41:22
73%
22The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before Jehovah.
Ezek 43:20
72%
20And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the ledge, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse it and make atonement for it.
Exod 38:4
71%
4And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.
Lev 4:30
71%
30And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering; and all the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar.
Exod 27:4-7
4 verses
71%
4And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.
5And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
6And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass.
7And the staves thereof shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, in bearing it.
Exod 28:16
71%
16Foursquare it shall be [and] double; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.
Lev 4:7
71%
7And the priest shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Jehovah, which is in the tent of meeting; and all the blood of the bullock shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting.
Lev 4:18
70%
18And he shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before Jehovah, that is in the tent of meeting; and all the blood shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting.
Exod 38:7
70%
7And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, wherewith to bear it; he made it hollow with planks.
Exod 35:16
70%
16the altar of burnt-offering, with its grating of brass, it staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;
Ezek 41:4-5
2 verses
70%
4And he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.
5Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side-chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
Exod 29:12
70%
12And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger; and thou shalt pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.
1 Kgs 7:27
70%
27And he made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.
Ezek 46:22
70%
22In the four corners of the court there were courts inclosed, forty [cubits] long and thirty broad: these four in the corners were of one measure.
Exod 25:26
70%
26And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
Exod 39:39
69%
39the brazen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;
Exod 25:12
69%
12And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four feet thereof; and two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
Exod 37:3
69%
3And he cast for it four rings of gold, in the four feet thereof; even two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
Ezek 40:12
69%
12and a border before the lodges, one cubit [on this side], and a border, one cubit on that side; and the lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
Exod 37:13
69%
13And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that were on the four feet thereof.
Exod 29:37
69%
37Seven days thou shalt make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
Exod 26:32
69%
32and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks [shall be] of gold, upon four sockets of silver.
Exod 38:30
69%
30And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grating for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
Ezek 41:1
69%
1And he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.
Num 4:14
69%
14and they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, the firepans, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of sealskin, and put in the staves thereof.
Exod 37:10
69%
10And he made the table of acacia wood: two cubits [was] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.