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on its edge round about a span: this [shall be] tho
outside of the altar. And from the bottom [on] the
ground to the lower projection two cubits, and the
breadth one cubit; and from the lesser projection to
the greater projection four cubits, and the breadth a
cubit, and the hearth” (literally Ariel, or lion of God)
“ four cubits; and from the hearth and upwards four
horns; and the hearth twelve [cubits] long, twelve
broad, square on its four sides; and the projection
fourteen [cubits] long, and fourteen broad, on its four
sides ; and the border round about it half a cubit, and
its bottom a cubit round about. And its steps shall
look toward the east.” (Vers. 18-17.)
Next follows the use to which it was to be applied.
“ And he said to me, Son of man, Thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: These [are] the ordinances of the altar on
the day when it shall be finished, to offer burnt-offer­
ings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. And thou
shalt give to the priests, the Levites, who are of the
seed of Zadok, who approach to me, saith the Lord
Jehovah, to minister unto me, a young bullock for a
sin-offering. And thou shalt take of his blood, and put
it on its four horns, and on the four corners of its pro­
jection, and upon the border round about. And thou
shalt cleanse it, and make an atonement for it. And
thou shalt take the bullock for a sin-offering, and one
shall burn him at an appointed place of the house
outside the sanctuary. And on the second day thou
shait offer an he-goat, without blemish, for a sin-offer­
ing. And they shall cleanse the altar as they cleansed
it for the bullock. When thou hast made an end of
cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without