16. And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve wide, square in the four corners.
17. And the ledge shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen wide on its four sides; and the rim around it shall be half a cubit wide; and its base shall be a cubit all around; and its steps shall face toward the east.
18. And he said unto me,
19. And you shall give to the priests, the Levites, that are of the descendants of Zadok, who approach unto me, to minister unto me, says the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering.
20. And you shall take some of its blood, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the ledge, and upon the rim around it: thus shall you cleanse and purge it.
21. You shall take the bullock also of the sin offering, and shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary.
22. And on the second day you shall offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.
23. When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
24. And you shall offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD.