Ezekiel 43:13-17

Ezekiel 43:13-17

[13] And these are the measures  of the altar  after the cubits:  and an hand breadth;  even the bottom  shall be a cubit,  and the breadth  a cubit,  and the border  thereof by the edge  thereof round about  shall be a  span:  and this shall be the higher place  of the altar.  [14] And from the bottom  upon the ground  even to the lower  settle  shall be two  cubits,  and the breadth  one  cubit;  and from the lesser  settle  even to the greater  settle  shall be four  cubits,  and the breadth  one cubit.  [15] So the altar  shall be four  cubits;  and from the altar  and upward  shall be four  horns.  [16] And the altar  shall be twelve  cubits long,  twelve  broad,  square  in the four  squares  [17] 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. 

What does Ezekiel 43:13-17 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Some scholars view this section as the central one in chapters40-48. [1] The altar was at the very center of the whole temple complex, and it was the centerpiece of the system of worship represented in the new temple complex.