¹⁷ The upper ledge is also square, ·twenty-four and one-half feet [^Lfourteen cubits] long and ·twenty-four and one-half feet [^Lfourteen cubits] wide. The rim around the altar is ·ten and one-half inches [^Lone-half cubit] wide, and its ·gutter [base] is ·twenty-one inches [^Lone cubit] wide all around. Its steps ·are on the east side [^Lface east].”

¹⁸ Then the man said to me, “·Human [^TSon of man; 2:1], this is what the Lord God says: These are the ·rules [statutes; ordinances; requirements] for the altar. ·When [^LOn the day] it is built, use these rules to offer burnt offerings [Lev. 1:1–17] and to sprinkle blood on it [Lev. 1:5]. ¹⁹ You must give a young bull as a ·sin [or purification] offering [Lev. 4:3] to the priests, the Levites who are from the ·family [seed; offspring] of Zadok and who come near me to ·serve [minister to] me, says the Lord God.