Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

The hearth is to be four cubits high, and four horns are to extend upwards from the hearth.

New American Standard Bible

The altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns.

King James Version

So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.

Holman Bible

The altar hearth is seven feet high, and four horns project upward from the hearth.

A Conservative Version

And the upper altar shall be four cubits. And from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.

American Standard Version

And the upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.

Amplified

The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns [one from each corner, each one cubit high].

Bible in Basic English

And the fireplace is four cubits high: and coming up from the fireplace are the horns, a cubit high.

Darby Translation

And the upper altar was four cubits; and from the hearth of God and upward were four horns.

Julia Smith Translation

And the mountain of God, four cubits; and from the lion of God and upwards, four horns.

King James 2000

So the altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and extending upward shall be four horns.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the altar hearth [was] four cubits, and from the altar hearth and {upwards} [were] the four horns [of the altar].

Modern King James verseion

And the altar hearth shall be four cubits, and from the altar hearth and upward shall be four horns.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The altar was four cubits high, and from the altar upward stood four horns,

NET Bible

and the altar hearth, 7 feet, and from the altar hearth four horns projecting upward.

New Heart English Bible

The upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.

The Emphasized Bible

And the hearth, shall, be four cubits, - and from the hearth and upward, the horns shall be four.

Webster

So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.

World English Bible

The upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the altar is four cubits, and from the altar and upward are four horns.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
So the altar
אראיל 
'ari'eyl 
Usage: 2

shall be four
ארבּעה ארבּע 
'arba` 
ארבּעה ארבּע 
'arba` 
Usage: 318
Usage: 318

אמּה 
'ammah 
Usage: 245

and from the altar
אראיל 
'ari'eyl 
Usage: 2

and upward
מעל 
Ma`al 
Usage: 140

References

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Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Return Of The Lord's Glory And Description Of Sacrifices And Worship

14 From the base on the ground to its lower edge is to be two cubits, with its width to be one cubit. From the lesser ledge to the larger edge is to be four cubits. Its width is to be one cubit. 15 The hearth is to be four cubits high, and four horns are to extend upwards from the hearth. 16 The hearth is to be twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide; that is, it will be a four-sided square.



Cross References

Exodus 27:2

You are to make horns on its four corners. Its corners are to be of one piece with it, and you are to overlay it with bronze.

Leviticus 9:9

Next, Aaron's sons brought the blood to him and he dipped his fingers in the blood and placed it on the horns of the altar. As to the rest of the blood, he poured it at the base of the altar.

Psalm 118:27

The LORD is God he will be our light! Bind the festival sacrifice with ropes to the horn at the altar.

1 Kings 2:28

When Joab learned what had happened, he ran to the LORD's tent and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar, since Joab had supported Adonijah (though he had not supported Absalom).

Isaiah 29:1-2

"How terrible it will be for you, Aruel, Aruel, the city where David encamped! Year after year, let your festivals run their cycle.

Isaiah 29:7

Then the hordes of all the nations that fight against Aruel, all that attack her and her fortification and besiege her, will become like a dream, with its visions in the night

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