Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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 thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.
The measures
The cubit
Bible References
The measures
Exodus 27:1
And thou shalt make an altar of sethim-wood: five cubits long and five cubits broad, that it be foursquare, and three cubits high.
2 Chronicles 4:1
And he made an altar of brass twenty cubits long and twenty cubits broad and ten cubits high.
The cubit
Ezekiel 40:5
Behold, there was a wall on the outside round about the house: the measuring rod that he had in his hand, was six cubits long and a span. So he measured the breadth of the building, which was one measuring rod, and the height also one measuring rod.
Ezekiel 41:8
I saw also that the house was very high round about. The foundation of the side chambers was one measuring rod, that is, six cubits broad.