17 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 (A)steps shall [a](B)face the east.”

The Offerings

18 And He said to me, “(C)Son of man, thus says the Lord [b]God, ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is built, to offer (D)burnt offerings on it and to (E)sprinkle blood on it. 19 You shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of (F)Zadok, who draw (G)near to Me to minister to Me,’ declares the Lord God, ‘a (H)young bull for a (I)sin offering.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 43:17 Or be on the east side
  2. Ezekiel 43:18 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch