Sudden altar
Feb. 17th, 2021 12:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
galgalTwo thousand six hundred years of torment will now be able to end safely: we understood a few lines that seemed quite clear to us.
First, the kohanim should not walk on the top of the altar. Therefore, around the altar itself, "ariel", there must be a platform that is 3 cubits below the upper surface where the fire burns, as shown in Exodus 27. According to Ezekiel, the height of the upper part of the altar, the height of "ariel", is 4 cubits. There is no way to reach the front edge of the altar, where a constant fire was burning, if you stand on the ramp. Walking on a narrow, 1 cubit wide, ledge at a height of more than three meters is a risky exercise. Now this is no longer required.
The platform referred to in Ezekiel 43:17 is 1 cubit thick, and it sits on the ledge on which "ariel" stands, who is 4 cubits high. Therefore, relative to this platform, which is 14 cubits wide to each side of the "ariel", the height of the upper surface of the "ariel" is 3 cubits. In the same place, Ezekiel indicates that the steps are located on the eastern side of this platform, on which the kohanim ascend. Since this platform is 8 cubits high, we cannot build a staircase with an integer number of steps. All rungs of stairs in the Third Temple are 144 mm high, this is determined by the prophecy of Ezekiel. With the help of these steps, we can create stairs in multiples of 1½ cubits. Ezekiel describes an altar with the heights of its protrusions at 1, 3, 7 and 8 cubits. The height of the landings for us would not coincide with this set of heights.
Therefore, the altar must have ramps. Stairs and ramps are the same Hebrew word. This word means ascent without indicating the way in which it is carried out. Ezekiel uses this word in the plural, not in the dual. This means that there should be at least three of these ramps.
The minimum requirement for ramps is a slope of no more than 1:5. To climb to a height of 8 cubits, we need a ramp 40 cubits long. If the ramp starts from the edge of the 100-cubit square in front of the House of the Sanctuary, then we are forced to move the altar towards the Temple by 10 cubits. Ezekiel does not mention anywhere that the altar should be in the center of this square, on the contrary, he says that the altar is located in front of the Temple (40:47). So, we move the altar towards the Temple by 10 cubits and connect the north and south gates with the same ramp. To do this, we divide the straight ramp into 4 equal parts and bend 3 parts by 90 °.
The resulting shape of the three ramps at the altar, when viewed from above, surprisingly resembles a lily symbol.
The altar is 10 cubits above the base, that is, it is the same height as in the Temple of Solomon. We'll make it out of bronze. The upper part of the altar, "ariel", is hollow. The lower part is finished in bronze and can be filled with soil inside. The platform on which the kohanim walk is made of stones, because it says about the "border", in one case half a cubit, and in the other case, one third of a cubit. Ezekiel does not say about this size, it is up, or to the side. But if this border is a metal corner used to strengthen the masonry, then this size is both in height and in width at the same time. Therefore, we consider this a sign that stones are being used there. The base of the altar is made of stones, and the platform on which the kohanim work is also made of stones. Of course, the ramps will also be made of stones. For strength and beauty, these ramps will be sheathed in bronze on the outside.
Ezekiel does not write about the railing around the platform where the kohanim work, but the fence must be required, the height there is 3 meters 84 cm.
I think that the solution we have received is not only successful, but also correct. That is, exactly what we were going to for so long ...
First, the kohanim should not walk on the top of the altar. Therefore, around the altar itself, "ariel", there must be a platform that is 3 cubits below the upper surface where the fire burns, as shown in Exodus 27. According to Ezekiel, the height of the upper part of the altar, the height of "ariel", is 4 cubits. There is no way to reach the front edge of the altar, where a constant fire was burning, if you stand on the ramp. Walking on a narrow, 1 cubit wide, ledge at a height of more than three meters is a risky exercise. Now this is no longer required.
The platform referred to in Ezekiel 43:17 is 1 cubit thick, and it sits on the ledge on which "ariel" stands, who is 4 cubits high. Therefore, relative to this platform, which is 14 cubits wide to each side of the "ariel", the height of the upper surface of the "ariel" is 3 cubits. In the same place, Ezekiel indicates that the steps are located on the eastern side of this platform, on which the kohanim ascend. Since this platform is 8 cubits high, we cannot build a staircase with an integer number of steps. All rungs of stairs in the Third Temple are 144 mm high, this is determined by the prophecy of Ezekiel. With the help of these steps, we can create stairs in multiples of 1½ cubits. Ezekiel describes an altar with the heights of its protrusions at 1, 3, 7 and 8 cubits. The height of the landings for us would not coincide with this set of heights.
Therefore, the altar must have ramps. Stairs and ramps are the same Hebrew word. This word means ascent without indicating the way in which it is carried out. Ezekiel uses this word in the plural, not in the dual. This means that there should be at least three of these ramps.
The minimum requirement for ramps is a slope of no more than 1:5. To climb to a height of 8 cubits, we need a ramp 40 cubits long. If the ramp starts from the edge of the 100-cubit square in front of the House of the Sanctuary, then we are forced to move the altar towards the Temple by 10 cubits. Ezekiel does not mention anywhere that the altar should be in the center of this square, on the contrary, he says that the altar is located in front of the Temple (40:47). So, we move the altar towards the Temple by 10 cubits and connect the north and south gates with the same ramp. To do this, we divide the straight ramp into 4 equal parts and bend 3 parts by 90 °.
The resulting shape of the three ramps at the altar, when viewed from above, surprisingly resembles a lily symbol.
The altar is 10 cubits above the base, that is, it is the same height as in the Temple of Solomon. We'll make it out of bronze. The upper part of the altar, "ariel", is hollow. The lower part is finished in bronze and can be filled with soil inside. The platform on which the kohanim walk is made of stones, because it says about the "border", in one case half a cubit, and in the other case, one third of a cubit. Ezekiel does not say about this size, it is up, or to the side. But if this border is a metal corner used to strengthen the masonry, then this size is both in height and in width at the same time. Therefore, we consider this a sign that stones are being used there. The base of the altar is made of stones, and the platform on which the kohanim work is also made of stones. Of course, the ramps will also be made of stones. For strength and beauty, these ramps will be sheathed in bronze on the outside.
Ezekiel does not write about the railing around the platform where the kohanim work, but the fence must be required, the height there is 3 meters 84 cm.
I think that the solution we have received is not only successful, but also correct. That is, exactly what we were going to for so long ...
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