* the lower settle.
These settles were ledges by which the altar was narrowed
towards the top; and the whole of it may thus be computed:--
Height Cubits
Base, ver. 13. . . . . . . . . . 1
To first ledge, ver. 14. . . . . . . 1
To upper ledge, ver. 14. . . . . . . 4
To hearth, ver. 15.. . . . . . . . 4
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In all 10
Breadth Cubits
Upper ledge, ver. 17. . . . . . . . 14
For higher ledge, ver. 14. . . . . . 2
For lower ledge, ver. 14.. . . . . . 2
For base, ver. 13. . . . . . . . . 2
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In all 20
Hence the upper part of the altar was only twelve cubits
square (ver. 16,) the upper settle, or ledge, being in all
fourteen cubits, (ver. 17,) deducting two cubits from its
dimensions. Though this altar was the same in height, and
breadth with that of Solomon, yet it differed materially from
it in having settles or ledges; on which the priests walked
round the altar, to officiate in offering sacrifices.
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