Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Ezekiel 43:16
And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof, so that its plate had an area of 144 square cubits.
And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof, so that its plate had an area of 144 square cubits.
ALTAR - Ariel was to be an exact square on all sides. Compare Exodus 27:1; Revelation 21:16....
II. THE TEMPLE WORSHIP (43-44) CHAPTER 43 _ 1. The return of the glory of the Lord and filling the house (Ezekiel 43:1) _ 2. The address to the nation (Ezekiel 43:10) 3. The dimensions of the alta...
THE ALTAR. In a system of worship based upon sacrifice, the altar is of special importance: its dimensions (Ezekiel 43:13) and consecration (Ezekiel 43:18) are therefore elaborately described. Approac...
The altar of burnt-offering in the inner court The altar was a large structure, built of stone, and rose in terraces, contracting by means of two inlets towards the top. It consisted: (1) of a baseme...
The preceding measurements have referred to height. Those referring to breadth or area are now given. The altar-hearth or platform was 12 cubits square. _four squares thereof_ FOUR SIDES thereof. So...
CHAPTER NINETEEN NEW WORSHIP IN A NEW LAND 43:13-48:35 Ezekiel's lengthy symbolic portrayal of the Messianic age continues in Chapter s 43-48. The emphasis here is on the worship which will be such...
And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereo...
43:16 *God (g-5) Heb. _ Ariel_ , 'lion of *God.' see Isaiah 29:1 ....
§ 2. THE ORDINANCES OF THE NEW ISRAEL (EZEKIEL 40-48) This concluding section of the book is dated in the twenty-fifth year of Ezekiel's captivity, i.e. the fourteenth year after the fall of Jerusalem...
The *altar was tall, but it stood firm. The description is of three levels. Each level was narrower than the one below. But the *altar was so large that its top level was 21 feet (5.6 metres) across....
EZEKIEL’S LAST *VISION EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS; TRANSLATION: IAN MACKERVOY._ CHAPTER 43 THE *GLORY OF GOD RETURNS TO THE *TEMPLE – EZEKIEL 43:1-12 V1 Then the man l...
_וְ_†_הָ_†_אֲרִיאֵ֗ל_† שְׁתֵּ֤ים עֶשְׂרֵה֙ אֹ֔רֶךְ בִּ...
THE SANCTUARY THE fundamental idea of the theocracy as conceived by Ezekiel is the literal dwelling of Jehovah in the midst of His people. The Temple is in the first instance Jehovah's palace, where H...
The prophet's next vision was of Jehovah's return to the Temple. Again he beheld a vision and heard a voice. The visions which he had seen by the river Chebar appeared again. The same glory on which h...
Here we have a further relation of the house, and the ordinances of it; and all with an eye to Christ; to whom all his people are priests, and ministering servants to the Church of the living God. And...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 40, 41, 42, AND 43. The remaining part of the prophecy is the establishment of His sanctuary in the midst of His people. The reader will perceive that we find...
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 foursqu...
And the altar [shall be] twelve [cubits] long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof. Ver. 16. _Square in the four squares thereof._] Christ, the Christian altar, is complete, firm, and fi...
_These are the measures of the altar_ The Jews, after their return out of captivity, had an altar long before they had a temple, Ezra 3:3; but the altar here spoken of is an altar in the temple, the m...
THE ALTAR; that which in the 15th verse is precisely determined to be the altar, the uppermost and least settle. TWELVE CUBITS LONG, TWELVE BROAD; all exact square, by which we may know the dimensions...
Ezekiel 43:16 altar H741 twelve H8147 H6240 long H753 twelve H8147 H6240 wide H7341 square H7251 ...
“And the altar hearth ('ari'el) shall be shall be twelve long by twelve broad, square in its four sides.” The whole altar was to be foursquare indicating its perfection but it is only as regards the a...
THE ALTAR OF SACRIFICE IS TO BE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HEAVENLY TEMPLE AND THE EARTHLY TEMPLE YET TO BE BUILT AND IS TO BE COPIED FOR THAT PURPOSE (EZEKIEL 43:13). The heavenly visitant had now fi...
CONTENTS: Vision of God's glory filling the temple. Place of the throne of the future kingdom. The altar and offerings. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: The glory of God shall retu...
Ezekiel 43:2. _Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east._ In Ezekiel 10:18, we read that the glory had departed from the ancient temple. Here it returns at the east gate, w...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 43:6 The emphasis now is on the activities that are to take place in the temple. The main altar and its round of sacrifices is the first element put in place (Ezekiel 43:13)
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 43:13 The altar’s design is described. The altar is square, like the temple itself, with a horn at each corner (e.g., Exodus 29:12;...
THE CONSECRATION OF THE TEMPLE. (chap. 43) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 43:2. “BEHOLD, THE GLORY OF GOD.” As the Shechinah-glory was the peculiar distinction of the old Temple, so it was to be in the ne...
EXPOSITION The consecration of the new temple by the entrance into it of the glory of the God of Israel (Ezekiel 43:1), and a description of the altar with its dedication to the solemn ritual for whic...
The remaining verses of this chapter (Ezekiel 43:13-27), which contain a description of the altar of burnt-offering, and of the necessary rites of consecration connected with it, seem at first view so...
Now in chapter 43: He brought him then to the gate that looks toward the east (Ezekiel 43:1): This is at the bottom of your diagram. And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of...
2 Chronicles 4:1; Exodus 27:1; Exodus 38:1; Exodus 38:2; Ezra 3:3...