Ezekiel 43:17New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “The ledge [shall be] fourteen [cubits] long by fourteen wide in its four sides, the border around it [shall be] half a cubit and its base [shall be] a cubit round about; and its steps shall face the east.”
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And the settle [shall be] fourteen [cubits] long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it [shall be] half a cubit; and the bottom thereof [shall be] a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And the settle 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 about; and the steps thereof shall look toward the east.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And the settle [shall be] fourteen [cubits] long and fourteen broad in its four squares; and the border about it [shall be] half a cubit; and the bottom of it [shall be] a cubit about; and its stairs shall look towards the east.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And the settle was fourteen [cubits] long by fourteen broad in the four sides thereof; and the border about it, half a cubit; and the bottom thereof a cubit round about: and its steps looked toward the east.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And, the ledge, shall be fourteen in length, by fourteen in breadth, unto the four sides thereof,—and, the boundary round about it, shall be half a cubit, and, the hollow thereto, a cubit, round about, with, the steps thereof, looking toward the east.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And the border [is] fourteen long by fourteen broad, at its four squares, and the border round about it [is] half a cubit, and the centre to it [is] a cubit round about, and its steps are looking eastward.'
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And the brim was fourteen cubits long, and fourteen cubits broad in the four corners thereof: and the crown round about it was half a cubit, and the bottom of it one cubit round about: and its steps turned toward the east.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And ye frame shalbe foureteene cubites log, and fourteene broade in the fouresquare corners thereof, ? the border about it shalbe halfe a cubite, ? the bottome therof shalbe a cubite about, ? the steps thereof shalbe turned towarde ye East.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And the settle [shall bee] fourteene [cubites] long, and fourteene broad in the foure squares thereof, and the border about it [shalbe] halfe a cubite, and the bottome thereof [shall be] a cubite about, and his staires shall looke toward the East.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And the seat shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in its four squares; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the base of it shall be a cubit round about; and its steps shall look toward the east.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And the mercy-seat [shall be] fourteen cubits in length, by fourteen cubits in breadth on its four sides; and [there shall be] a border to it carried round about it of half a cubit; and the rim of it [shall be] a cubit round about; and the steps thereof looking eastward.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And the settle [shall be] fourteen [cubits] long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it [shall be] half a cubit; and the bottom thereof [shall be] a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east. |
And the settle
5835 {5835} Primeעֲזָרָה`azarah{az-aw-raw'}
From H5826 in its original meaning of surrounding; an inclosure; also a border.
[ shall be] fourteen
702 {0702} Primeאַרְבַּע'arba`{ar-bah'}
The second form is the masculine form; from H7251; four.
6240 {6240} Primeעָשָׂר`asar{aw-sawr'}
For H6235; ten (only in combination), that is, the ' teens'; also (ordinal) a ' teenth'.
[ cubits] long
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and fourteen
702 {0702} Primeאַרְבַּע'arba`{ar-bah'}
The second form is the masculine form; from H7251; four.
6240 {6240} Primeעָשָׂר`asar{aw-sawr'}
For H6235; ten (only in combination), that is, the ' teens'; also (ordinal) a ' teenth'.
broad
7341 {7341} Primeרֹחַבrochab{ro'-khab}
From H7337; width (literally or figuratively).
in
x413 (0413) Complementאֵל'el{ale}
(Used only in the shortened constructive form (the second form)); a primitive particle, properly denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, that is, near, with or among; often in general, to.
the four
702 {0702} Primeאַרְבַּע'arba`{ar-bah'}
The second form is the masculine form; from H7251; four.
squares
7253 {7253} Primeרֶבַעreba`{reh'-bah}
From H7251; a fourth (part or side).
thereof; and the border
1366 {1366} Primeגְּבוּלg@buwl{gheb-ool'}
From H1379; properly a cord (as twisted), that is, (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed.
about
5439 {5439} Primeסָבִיבcabiyb{saw-beeb'}
From H5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbor, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around.
it [ shall be] half
2677 {2677} Primeחֲצִיchetsiy{khay-tsee'}
From H2673; the half or middle.
a cubit;
520 {0520} Primeאַמָּה'ammah{am-maw'}
Prolonged from H0517; properly a mother (that is, unit) of measure, or the forearm (below the elbow), that is, a cubit; also a door base (as a bond of the entrance).
and the bottom
2436 {2436} Primeחֵיקcheyq{khake}
From an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose; the bosom (literally or figuratively).
thereof [ shall be] a cubit
520 {0520} Primeאַמָּה'ammah{am-maw'}
Prolonged from H0517; properly a mother (that is, unit) of measure, or the forearm (below the elbow), that is, a cubit; also a door base (as a bond of the entrance).
about;
5439 {5439} Primeסָבִיבcabiyb{saw-beeb'}
From H5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbor, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around.
and his stairs
4609 {4609} Primeמַעֲלָהma`alah{mah-al-aw'}
Feminine of H4608; elevation, that is, the act (literally a journey to a higher place, figuratively a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally a step or grade mark, figuratively a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms).
shall look
6437 {6437} Primeפָּנָהpanah{paw-naw'}
A primitive root; to turn; by implication to face, that is, appear, look, etc.
z8800 <8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Infinitive (See H8812) Count - 4888
toward the east.
6921 {6921} Primeקָדִיםqadiym{kaw-deem'}
From H6923; the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially eastward, for brevity the East wind). |
Ezekiel 43:17
_ _ settle — ledge [Fairbairn].
_ _ stairs — rather, “the ascent,” as “steps” up to God’s altar were forbidden in Exodus 20:26. |
Ezekiel 43:17
Stairs — Or steps, for such they needed, (probably each stair about one fourth of a cubit,) to carry them, up to the first and second settles. |
- and the border:
Exodus 25:25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
Exodus 30:3 And 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.
1 Kings 18:32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
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- his stairs:
- Rather, "its ascents," maalothehoo probably an inclined plane; for the law ordained that the priest should not ascend by stairs.
Exodus 20:26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
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- look toward:
Ezekiel 8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, [were] about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
Ezekiel 40:6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, [which was] one reed broad; and the other threshold [of the gate, which was] one reed broad.
1 Kings 6:8 The door for the middle chamber [was] in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle [chamber], and out of the middle into the third.
Nehemiah 9:4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, [and] Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.
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