12. This is the teaching of the Temple: All the area around the top of the mountain is most holy. This is the teaching of the Temple.
13. “And these are the measurements of the altar, using the measuring stick. It is 21 inches long. The altar’s base is 21 inches high and 21 inches long. Its rim is about 9 inches around its edge. And the altar is this tall:
14. From the ground up to the lower ledge, it measures 3½ feet. It is 21 inches wide. It measures 7 feet from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge and is 21 inches wide.
15. The place where the sacrifice is burned on the altar is 7 feet high. The four corners are shaped like horns and reach up above it.
16. It is square. It is 21 feet long and 21 feet wide.
17. The upper ledge is also square, 24½ feet long and 24½ feet wide. The border around it is 10½ inches wide. Its base is 21 inches around. Its steps are on the east.”