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Ezekiel 43:17 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 17. 17And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.
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Quick Meaning
Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof” at Ezekiel 43:17 as part of “The Altar's Graded Base, Ledges, and Horns Are Measured.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 43:13–17
The line at Ezekiel 43:17 is one step in Ezekiel 43:13–17. Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof” at Ezekiel 43:17 as part of “The Altar's Graded Base, Ledges, and Horns Are Measured.” Its force depends on the unit's ancient referent and what follows.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This verse supplies evidence for the thought unit rather than a detachable slogan. Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof” at Ezekiel 43:17 as part of “The Altar's Graded Base, Ledges, and Horns Are Measured.” Preserve this limit: The measurements do not establish one mandatory modern altar or make technical precision a substitute for justice.
What Remains True
Presence, ordered access, accountable leadership, honest measures, protected inheritance, life-giving water, and a named community belong together; technical holiness cannot replace justice. In Ezekiel 43:17, that truth is carried through this precise role: Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof” at Ezekiel 43:17 as part of “The Altar's Graded Base, Ledges, and Horns Are Measured.”
How It Can Shape Life
- Role in Ezekiel 43:17: Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof” at Ezekiel 43:17 as part of “The Altar's Graded Base, Ledges, and Horns Are Measured.” Contextual meaning in Ezekiel 43:13–17: Cubits, base, settles, upper altar, horns, square top, rim, and eastward steps define the altar's form. The interpretive limit remains: The measurements do not establish one mandatory modern altar or make technical precision a substitute for justice. Proportionate enduring truth: Presence, ordered access, accountable leadership, honest measures, protected inheritance, life-giving water, and a named community belong together; technical holiness cannot replace justice. Application: Study the measurements and social hierarchy without demanding a modern build, animal harm, exclusion, or displacement; ask how worship, access, ecology, and power serve life.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: Ezekiel 43:13–17, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 43:13–17
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Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2016; current official PDF
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Exact location: Official NET Ezekiel PDF, exact translator, study, and textual notes attached to Ezekiel 43:13–17
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