And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
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Gill's Exposition
And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad,.... The length of it, from east to west, was twelve cubits; and the breadth, from north to south, was the same; so that it was a proper…
Barnes' Notes
altar - Ariel was to be an exact square on all sides. Compare Exo 27:1; Rev 21:16.
This relates to the altar in this mystical temple, and that is mystical too; for Christ is our altar. The Jews, after their return out of captivity, had an altar long before they had a temple, Ezr…
Cambridge Bible
The preceding measurements have referred to height. Those referring to breadth or area are now given. The altar-hearth or platform was 12 cubits square.
four squares thereof four sides thereof. So Eze…