Ezekiel 43:15
New International Version
Above that, the altar hearth is four cubits high, and four horns project upward from the hearth.

New Living Translation
The top of the altar, the hearth, rises another 7 feet higher, with a horn rising up from each of the four corners.

English Standard Version
and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward, four horns.

Berean Standard Bible
The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth.

King James Bible
So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.

New King James Version
The altar hearth is four cubits high, with four horns extending upward from the hearth.

New American Standard Bible
The altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth shall extend upward four horns.

NASB 1995
“The altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns.

NASB 1977
“And the altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns.

Amplified Bible
The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns [one from each corner, each one cubit high].

Christian Standard Bible
The altar hearth is 7 feet high, and four horns project upward from the hearth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The altar hearth is seven feet high, and four horns project upward from the hearth.

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The place where the sacrifices were burned was 7 feet high. There were four horns above it.

Good News Translation
This top section, on which the sacrifices were burned, was also 7 feet high. The projections on the four corners were higher than the rest of the top.

International Standard Version
The hearth is to be four cubits high, and four horns are to extend upwards from the hearth.

Majority Standard Bible
The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth.

NET Bible
and the altar hearth, 7 feet, and from the altar hearth four horns projecting upward.

New Heart English Bible
The upper altar shall be six feet eleven inches; and four horns project upward from the altar hearth.

Webster's Bible Translation
So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.

World English Bible
The upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the altar [is] four cubits, and from the altar and upward [are] four horns.

Young's Literal Translation
And the altar is four cubits, and from the altar and upward are four horns.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the mountain of God, four cubits; and from the lion of God and upwards, four horns.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Ariel itself was four cubits: and from the Ariel upward were four horns.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Now the hearth itself was four cubits. And from the hearth going upward, there were four horns.

New American Bible
The altar hearth was four cubits high, and extending up from the top of the hearth were four horns.

New Revised Standard Version
and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward, four horns.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward there shall be four horns.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the altar was four cubits, and from the altar and above, four horns
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the hearth shall be four cubits; and from the hearth and upward there shall be four horns.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and above the horns a cubit.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Altar of Sacrifice
14The space from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. The space from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. 15The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth. 16The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.…

Cross References
Exodus 27:1-8
“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. / Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze. / Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans. ...

Leviticus 9:24
Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.

2 Chronicles 7:1-3
When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. / The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it. / When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”

Isaiah 6:1-4
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple. / Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. / And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.” ...

Revelation 8:3-5
Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. / And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel. / Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

Revelation 11:1
Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there.

Revelation 21:22
But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

Hebrews 9:23-24
So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. / For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

Hebrews 10:19-22
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, / by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body, / and since we have a great priest over the house of God, ...

Psalm 118:27
The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.

Malachi 1:11
For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Romans 12:1
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? / If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

1 Peter 2:5
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 56:7
I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”


Treasury of Scripture

So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.

Isaiah 29:1,2,7
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices…

four horns

Exodus 27:2
And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

Leviticus 9:9
And the sons of Aaron brought 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 bottom of the altar:

1 Kings 2:28
Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

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Ezekiel 43
1. The returning of the glory of God into the temple
7. The sin of Israel hindered God's presence
10. The prophet exhorts them to repentance and observation of the law of the house
13. The measures
18. and ordinances of the altar














The altar hearth
The term "altar hearth" refers to the top part of the altar where sacrifices were burned. In Hebrew, this is "אֲרִיאֵל" (Ariel), which can also mean "lion of God." This dual meaning suggests strength and divine presence, symbolizing the power and holiness of God. The altar hearth is central to the sacrificial system, representing the place where offerings are made to God, signifying atonement and reconciliation.

shall be four cubits high
The measurement of "four cubits" indicates a specific and divinely ordained size, reflecting God's order and precision. A cubit is approximately 18 inches, making the altar hearth about six feet high. This height signifies the altar's prominence and the importance of the sacrificial system in Israel's worship. The number four often symbolizes completeness and universality in the Bible, suggesting that the altar is sufficient for all sacrifices and for all people.

and four horns
The "four horns" on the altar are significant in biblical symbolism. Horns often represent strength and power. In the context of the altar, they symbolize the power of God to forgive sins and the strength of His covenant with His people. The four horns also point to the four corners of the earth, indicating the universal reach of God's mercy and grace.

shall project upward
The phrase "shall project upward" emphasizes the direction towards heaven, symbolizing the connection between God and humanity. The upward projection of the horns signifies the lifting of prayers and sacrifices to God, representing the hope and aspiration of the people to reach the divine. It also reflects the idea of God's blessings descending from above.

from the hearth
The phrase "from the hearth" indicates the origin of the horns, rooted in the altar hearth itself. This connection underscores the idea that the power and efficacy of the altar come from its divine purpose and design. The hearth, as the place of burning, represents purification and transformation, where offerings are consumed and transformed into a pleasing aroma to God. This transformation is a metaphor for the spiritual renewal and cleansing that comes through sacrifice.

Verse 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 אַיִכ, "a ram," prefers as its import "ram-devourer;" Hengstenberg, resolving into אַיִל "a ram," and אְרַיִ, "a lion," proposes as its equivalent "ram-lion." i.e. "the lion that consumes the rams for God" - a ten-doting closely allied to that of Kliefoth. In any case, the terms allude to parts of the altar: the second, Ariel (equivalent to the hearth on which God's fire burns), according to Keil, Kliefoth, and the best expositors, meaning the flat surface of the altar; and the first, Harel (conveying the ideas of elevation and sanctity), the base on which it rested. The height of this base was four cubits, while from the hearth projected four horns, as in the altars of the Mosaic tabernacle (Exodus 27:2; Exodus 38:2; Leviticus 4:7, 18; Leviticus 8:15) and Solomonic temple (Psalm 118:27). If the length of these be set down, as Kliefoth suggests, at three cubits, then the whole height of the altar will be in cubits - one for the ground bottom, two for the lower settle, four for the upper, four for the bases of the hearth, with three for the horns, equal to fourteen in all; or, omitting the horns, of which the length is not given, and the altar base, which is distinguished from the altar, ten cubits in all for the altar proper. As to the symbolic import of the "horns," Kurtz, after Hofmaun and Kliefoth, finds this in the idea of elevation, the "horns," as the highest point in the altar, bringing the blood put upon them nearer to God than the sides did the blood sprinkled on them (see 'Sacrificial Worship of the Old Testament,' § 13); Keil, after Bahr, in the notions of strength, beauty, and blessing, the horns of an animal being the points in which its power, grace, and fullness of life are concentrated, and therefore fitting emblems of those points in the altar in which appears "its significance as a place of the revelation of Divine might and strength, of Divine salvation and blessing" ('Biblische Archaologie,' § 20).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The altar hearth
וְהַֽהַרְאֵ֖ל (wə·ha·har·’êl)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 741: The altar of the temple

[shall be] four
אַרְבַּ֣ע (’ar·ba‘)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's 702: Four

cubits [high],
אַמּ֑וֹת (’am·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

and four
אַרְבַּֽע׃ (’ar·ba‘)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 702: Four

horns
הַקְּרָנ֖וֹת (haq·qə·rā·nō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 7161: A horn, a flask, cornet, an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray, power

shall project upward
וּלְמַ֔עְלָה (ū·lə·ma‘·lāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4605: The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top

from the hearth.
תתן־ (ū·mê·hā·’ă·rî·’êl)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 741: The altar of the temple


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