14. From the bottom on the ground even to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the width one cubit. And from the lesser ledge even to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the width one cubit.
15. So the altar shall be four cubits. And from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
16. The altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, square in its four corners.
17. The ledge shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen wide in the four squares. And the border about it shall be half a cubit. And its bottom shall be a cubit all around. And its stairs shall face east.
18. He said to me: Son of man, thus says the Lord God: These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it to offer burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it.
19. You shall give to the priests the Levites that are of the seed of Zadok who approach Me to minister to Me, says the Lord God, a young bull as a sin offering.
20. You shall take of its blood and put it on its four horns, and on the four corners of the ledge and on the rim all around. Thus you shall cleanse and purge it.
21. You shall take the bull also of the sin offering, and it shall be burned in the appointed place of the temple, outside the sanctuary.
22. On the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish as a sin offering. And they shall cleanse the altar as they cleansed it with the bull.
23. When you have made an end of cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without blemish and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
24. You shall offer them before the Lord, and the priests shall cast salt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord.
25. For seven days you shall prepare every day a goat as a sin offering. They shall also prepare a young bull and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
26. For seven days they shall purge the altar and purify it. So they shall consecrate it.