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Eze 43:17 — And 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

and the border		Exd 25:25; Exd 30:3; 1Ki 18:32
his stairs		"Rather, ""its ascents,"" mäâlothehoo, probably an inclined plane; for the law ordained that the priest should not ascend by stairs. Exd 20:26"
look toward		Eze 8:16; Eze 40:6; 1Ki 6:8; Neh 9:4

Correlating Passages

and the border

	Exd 25:25	And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
	Exd 30:3	And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
	1Ki 18:32	And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

his stairs

Exd 20:26

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

look toward

	Eze 8:16	And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, [were] about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
	Eze 40:6	Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, [which was] one reed broad; and the other threshold [of the gate, which was] one reed broad.
	1Ki 6:8	The door for the middle chamber [was] in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle [chamber], and out of the middle into the third.
	Neh 9:4	Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, [and] Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ezekiel 43:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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