12. This is the law of the Temple: all the area surrounding it on the top of the mountain is sacred and holy.”
13. These are the measurements of the altar, using the same unit of measurement as in measuring the Temple. All round the base of the altar there was a gutter fifty centimetres deep and fifty centimetres wide, with a rim at the outside edge 25 centimetres high.
14. The lowest section of the altar, from the top of the base, was one metre high. The next section was set back from the edge fifty centimetres all round, and was two metres high. The section after that was also set back from the edge fifty centimetres all round.
15. This top section, on which the sacrifices were burnt, was also two metres high. The projections on the four corners were higher than the rest of the top.
16. The top of the altar was a square, six metres on each side.
17. The middle section was also a square, seven metres on each side, with a rim at the outside edge 25 centimetres high. (The gutter was fifty centimetres wide.) The steps going up the altar were on the east side.