## Rashi on Ezekiel Chapter 43

###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:1:1
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**וַיּוֹלִיכֵנִי.** חָזַר וְהִכְנִיסַנִי לְשַׁעַר הַקָּדִים, וְרָאִיתִי הַכָּבוֹד יוֹרֵד לָעֲזָרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he led me** He again led me into the Eastern Gate, and I saw the Glory descending to the Court.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:3:1
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**וּכְמַרְאֵה הַמַּרְאֶה.** תֵּשַׁע מַרְאוֹת כְּתוּבִין בַּמִּקְרָא זֶה, וּמִתּוֹכָן הָיוּ רוֹאִין הַנְּבִיאִים, חוּץ מִמֹּשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ שֶׁהָיָה רוֹאֶה מִתּוֹךְ מַרְאֶה אַחַת (ויקרא רבה א:יד), לְפִיכָךְ אִיסְפַּקְלַרְיָא שֶׁלּוֹ מְאִירָה (יבמות מט, ב) וְרוֹאֶה מַמָּשׁ; וְזֶהוּ שֶׁיִּסֵּד הַפַּיְּיט (שם בסלוק): ״מַחֲזוֹת הַמְצֻחְצָחוֹת בְּתֵשַׁע מַחֲזוֹת״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And it was like the appearance of the vision, etc.** [Heb. וּכְמַרְאֵה הַמַרְאֶה.] Nine visions [or “mirrors”] (מַרְאוֹת) are written here through which the prophets perceived. Moses, however, was an exception, for he saw through one vision. Therefore, his mirror reflected clearly and he saw reality more closely. And this is [what is behind] the words of the liturgical poet. The mirrors polished with nine visions.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:3:2
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**בְּבוֹאִי לְשַׁחֵת אֶת הָעִיר.** בְּפָרָשַׁת וְהִתְוִיתָ תָּו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר שָׁם ״קִרְבוּ פְּקֻדּוֹת הָעִיר״ (יחזקאל ט:א), וְשָׁם (יחזקאל י) פֵּרַשׁ אֶת דּוּגְמַת מֶרְכָּבָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when I came to destroy the city** in the section (9:4) of “and you shall mark a sign,” where it says (verse 1): “Bring near those appointed over the city,” and delineates the form of the Celestial Chariot.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:6:1
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**מְדַבֵּר אֵלַי.** ״מִתְמַלֵּל עִמִּי״ (תרגום יונתן), כָּבוֹד הוּא לוֹמַר כְּלַפֵּי מַעְלָה **מְדַבֵּר**, כְּמוֹ מִתְדַּבֵּר, כְּלוֹמַר: בֵּינוֹ לְבֵין כְּבוֹדוֹ מְדַבֵּר, וְהַקּוֹל בָּא אֵלַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**speaking to me** [Heb. מִדַּבֵּר,] speaking to Himself with me. It is respectful to say concerning Heaven מִדַּבֵּר, equivalent to מִתְדַּבֵּר ; i.e., He spoke between Himself and His glory, and the voice came to me.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:7:1
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**וּבְפִגְרֵי מַלְכֵיהֶם.** שֶׁהָיוּ בָתֵּיהֶם סְמוּכִין (לְבֵית הַקְּבָרוֹת), כְּמוֹ שֶׁמָּצִינוּ בַּמְּלָכִים בִּשְׁלֹמֹה (מלכים א י:ה) וּבַעֲתַלְיָהוּ (מלכים ב יא:טו-טז), וּפְעָמִים שֶׁהָיוּ קוֹבְרִין אוֹתָם בְּגַן בֵּיתָם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוּא מְפָרֵשׁ וְאָמַר **בְּתִתָּם סִפָּם אֶת סִפִּי**. מָצָאתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and with the corpses of their kings** whose houses were near the Temple, as we find with Solomon and with Athaliah. Sometimes they would bury them in the gardens of their houses, as He explains and says, “... by placing their threshold with My threshold.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:8:1
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**וָאֲכַל.** כְּמוֹ ״וָאֲכַלֶה״ (יחזקאל כא:ג) – וְכִלִּיתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I destroyed** [Heb. וָאַכַל,] like וָאֲכַלֶה, [equivalent to] וְכִלִיתִי, and I destroyed.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:9:1
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**עַתָּה.** עַל כָּרְחָם **יְרַחֲקוּ אֶת זְנוּתָם**, שֶׁהִבְדַּלְתִּי לִי הֶיקֵּף גְּבוּל גָּדוֹל סָבִיב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now** perforce, they will distance [from Me] their harlotry, for I have put up, as a separation for Myself, an encompassment of a large border all around.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:10:1
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**אַתָּה בֶן אָדָם הַגֵּד אֶת בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת הַבַּיִת וְיִכָּלְמוּ מֵעֲוֺנוֹתֵיהֶם.** בְּהַרְאוֹתִי לָמוֹ חַסְדִּי שֶׁאֵינִי מוֹאֲסָם בַּעֲוֹנָם, מָצָאתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You, Son of man, describe etc., that they may be ashamed of their iniquities** when I show them My loving-kindness that I do not reject them for their iniquity.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:10:2
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**וּמָדְדוּ אֶת תָּכְנִית.** וּמָדְדוּ עַל יָדֶיךָ, שֶׁאַתָּה מוֹרֶה אֶת תֹּכֶן חֶשְׁבּוֹן הַבִּנְיָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**let them measure its plan** Let them take measurements through you, for you will show them the measurements of the building plan.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:11:1
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**וְאִם נִכְלְמוּ.** שֶׁיִּתְבַּיְּשׁוּ וְיִכְבְּשׁוּ פְנֵיהֶם **מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ**, אָז **הוֹדַע אוֹתָם** אֶת מַה שֶּׁאֲנִי עָתִיד לַעֲשׂוֹת לָהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And if they are ashamed** i.e., [if] they will be embarrassed and hide their faces because of all they did, then let them know what I am destined to do for them.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:11:2
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**צוּרַת הַבַּיִת.** וּגְבוּל הַבִּנְיָן, הֵיאַךְ הוּא מִלְּפָנָיו וְעַד אַחֲרָיו סְדוּרִים לְאַרְבַּע רוּחוֹתָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the form of the House** the perimeter of the House, from front to back, arranged on [all] four sides.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:11:3
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**וְתְכוּנָתוֹ.** חֶשְׁבּוֹן תָּאָיו וְלִשְׁכּוֹתָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and its scheme** the number of its cells and its chambers.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:11:4
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**וְכָל צוּרוֹתָיו.** כְּרוּבִים וְתִימוֹרִים וְאֵילִים וְאֵילַמִּים, מָצָאתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and all its forms** the cherubim, palm trees, posts, and halls.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:11:5
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**וְכָל צוּרוֹתָיו.** בַּתְרָא. לֹא פֹּרַשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
I found: “and all its forms” is unclear.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:11:6
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:11:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:11:6)

**וְיִשְׁמְרוּ.** יִלְמְדוּ עִנְיְנֵי הַמִּדּוֹת מִפִּיךָ, שֶׁיֵּדְעוּ לַעֲשׂוֹתָם לְעֵת קֵץ. מָצָאתִי, רְאוּיָה הָיְתָה בִּיאָה שְׁנִיָּה שֶׁל עֶזְרָא כְּבִיאָה רִאשׁוֹנָה שֶׁל יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לָבֹא בִּזְרוֹעַ וּבְנֵס, כִּדְדַרְשִׁינַן ״עַד יַעֲבֹר״ (שמות טו:טז), וּבִנְיָן זֶה מֵאָז הָיָה רָאוּי לָהֶם כְּשֶׁעָלוּ מִן הַגּוֹלָה לִגְאֻלַּת עוֹלָם, אֶלָּא שֶׁגָּרַם הַחֵטְא שֶׁלֹּא הָיְתָה תְּשׁוּבָתָם הוֹגֶנֶת עַל מְנָת שֶׁלֹּא לַחֲטֹא, וְיָצְאוּ בִּרְשׁוּת כּוֹרֶשׁ וּבָנוּ לְעַצְמָן. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים בְּבָבֶל נִכְשְׁלוּ בְּנָכְרִיּוֹת (עזרא ט:א-ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**so that they keep** They will learn the matters of the measurements from your mouth so that they will know how to do them at the time of the end. I found [the following]: The second aliyah [to the Holy Land] through Ezra was merited to be like the first entry through Joshua, to come about by force and through a miracle, as expounded (Ber. 4a, Exod. 15:16): “until... pass.” This Building would then have been fit for them as of then, when they emerged from exile, to an everlasting redemption. But [their] sin caused [this not to happen] for their repentance was not suitable, [i.e.,] they did not resolve to stop sinning. [Therefore,] they emerged to freedom [only] through the sanction of Cyrus and his son. Some say that in Babylon they stumbled regarding gentile women.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:13:1
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**וְאֵלֶּה מִדּוֹת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ.** שֶׁמְּפָרֵשׁ לְמַטָּה: **אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה אֹרֶךְ בְּאַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה רֹחַב**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And these are the measurements of the altar** as he explains further (verse 17): “fourteen [cubits in] length by fourteen [cubits in] breadth.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:13:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:13:2)

**בָּאַמּוֹת אַמָּה אַמָּה וָטֹפַח.** בְּאַמָּה בַּת שִׁשָּׁה, שֶׁהִיא אַמָּה וָטֹפַח בְּאַמָּה בַּת חֲמִשָּׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in cubits; the cubit, one cubit and a handbreadth** with a cubit of six [handbreadths], which is a cubit and a handbreadth, [judging] by a cubit of five [handbreadths].


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:13:3
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**וְחֵיק הָאַמָּה.** אֲבָל הַיְסוֹד שֶׁלּוֹ נִמְדָּד בָּאַמָּה שֶׁל חוֹל, שֶׁהִיא בַּת חֲמִשָּׁה; **חֵיק** לְשׁוֹן חִיקּוּי וּקְבִיעוּת, וְהוּא הַיְסוֹד; **הָאַמָּה** אַמַּת חוֹל, וְלֹא אַמָּה וָטֹפַח, שֶׁהִיא אַמָּה בַּת שִׁשָּׁה; וְכֵן שָׁנִינוּ בִּמְנָחוֹת (מנחות צז.-צז:), שֶׁהַיְסוֹד וְהַסּוֹבֵב וְהַקְּרָנוֹת נִמְדָּדִין בְּאַמָּה בַּת חֲמִשָּׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but the base one [ordinary] cubit** but its base is measured with an ordinary cubit, which equals five [handbreadths]. The word חֵיק is related to חֵקוּי, permanence, it refers to the one cubit. The cubit is the ordinary cubit, not a cubit and a handbreadth, which is the cubit of six [handbreadths]. So too did we learn in Menahoth (97b) that the base, the circuit, and the horns are measured with a cubit of five [handbreadths].


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:13:4
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**וְחֵיק הָאַמָּה.** זֶה הַיְסוֹד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but the base one [ordinary] cubit** This is the yesod.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:13:5
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**וְאַמָּה רֹחַב.** זֶה הַסּוֹבֵב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and such a cubit also for the breadth** This is the circuit.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:13:6
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**וּגְבוּלָהּ אֶל שְׂפָתָהּ סָבִיב זֶרֶת הָאֶחָד.** אֵלּוּ הַקְּרָנוֹת; זֶרֶת אֶחָד מֵאֶמְצָעִיתוֹ מוֹדְדוֹ זֶרֶת לְכָל רוּחַ, הֲרֵי אַמָּה עַל אַמָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and [likewise on] its border, [going] one span to its edge all around** These are the horns, [each of which measured] one span from its center; and they measured a span to each side, totaling a cubit by a cubit.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:13:7
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:13:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:13:7)

**וְזֶה גַּב הַמִּזְבֵּחַ.** וּבְאַמָּה זוֹ הָיָה נִמְדָּד גַּב מִזְבַּח הַזָּהָב ״אַמָּה אָרְכּוֹ וְאַמָּה רָחְבּוֹ רָבוּעַ״ (שמות לז:כה), כָּךְ מְפֹרָשׁ בְּעֵירוּבִין, וּבִמְנָחוֹת (דף צז:) מְפֹרָשׁ יוֹתֵר לְפִי הַחֶשְׁבּוֹן: חֵיק הָאַמָּה בְּגוֹבְהָהּ עָלָה אַמָּה וְאַמָּה רֹחַב, כָּנְסָה כְּנִיסַת הַסּוֹבֵב אַמָּה בַּת חֲמִשָּׁה, אֲבָל עֲלִיָּתוֹ שֶׁשָּׁנִינוּ עָלָה חָמֵשׁ וְכָנַס אַמָּה אֵינוֹ בְּאַמָּה בַּת חֲמִשָּׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and equally so the very top of the altar** And with this cubit the top of the golden altar was measured [to be] a cubit in length and a cubit in breadth [forming a] square. So it is explained in Erubin (4a). In Menahoth (97b) it is explained more fully in terms of the computation: The base was a cubit in height. It extended upward a cubit, and a cubit was its breadth. The recess of the circuit was recessed a cubit of five [handbreadths], but its height, of which we learned (Middoth 3:1): “It extended upward 5 [cubits] and was recessed a cubit” was not [measured] with a cubit of five [handbreadths].


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:13:8
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:13:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:13:8)

**וּגְבוּלָהּ אֶל שְׂפָתָהּ.** הַקְּרָנוֹת, בֵּין לְרָחְבָּן בֵּין לְגָבְהָן, בְּאַמָּה בַּת חֲמִשָּׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and [likewise on] its border, [going] one span to its edge** The horns, both in their breadth and in their height, were [measured] with a cubit of five [handbreadths].


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:14:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:14:1)

**וּמֵחֵיק הָאָרֶץ.** מִן הַיְסוֹד, מִקַּרְקַע הָאָרֶץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And from the base on the ground** [Heb. וּמֵחֵיק הָאָרֶץ. From the “yesod,” from the floor of the earth.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:14:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:14:2)

**עַד הָעֲזָרָה הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה.** עַד גַּב מַלְבֵּן הָרִאשׁוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the lower ledge** [Heb. הָעֲזָרָה, lit. court.] Until the top of the first frame.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:14:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:14:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:14:3)

**שְׁתַּיִם אַמּוֹת.** וְלֹא הָיָה כֵן בְּבֵית עוֹלָמִים, שֶׁשָּׁם שָׁנִינוּ (זבחים נד.): מֵבִיא מַלְבֵּן שֶׁל שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם עַל שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם, וְגָבְהוֹ אַמָּה; וְכָאן גָּבְהוֹ **שְׁתַּיִם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**two cubits** It was not the same in the [Second] Temple, for there, we learned (Zeb. 54a): “They bring a frame of 32 [cubits] by 32 [cubits], whose height is a cubit,” whereas here its height is two cubits.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:14:4
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:14:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:14:4)

**וְרֹחַב אַמָּה אֶחָת.** כְּשֶׁהִנִּיחַ מַלְבֵּן הַשֵּׁנִי עָלָיו, הָיָה מַלְבֵּן הַשֵּׁנִי שְׁלֹשִׁים עַל שְׁלֹשִׁים (זבחים נד.), נִמְצָאת כְּנִיסָה לוֹ סָבִיב סָבִיב **רֹחַב אַמָּה** וְהוּא הַיְסוֹד, הֲרֵי עָלָה שְׁתַּיִם וְכָנַס אַמָּה וְהוּא הַיְסוֹד; וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם **עֲזָרָה**: ״מְסַתְּמְתָא״, לְשׁוֹן רִצְפָּה, שֶׁהָיָה מְמַלֵּא אֶת הַמַּלְבֵּן חֲלוּקֵי אֲבָנִים מִזֶּפֶת וְסִיד וְקוּנְיָא וּמְמַחֶה וְשׁוֹפֵךְ וּמַחְלִיקוֹ לְמַעְלָה (זבחים נד.), וַהֲרֵי הוּא כְּמִין רִצְפָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the breadth one cubit** when one places the second frame upon it. The second frame was thirty by thirty, the result being that it [the bottom, 32 by 32 cubit frame] had a recess around it a cubit wide which was the base. Jonathan renders: עֲזָרָה as מסְתַּמְתָא, a word for floor, [and it was called so] because one would fill the frame with smooth stones, pitch, lime, and molten lead, mix it and pour it out and smooth it out on top, and behold, it would be a kind of floor.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:14:5
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:14:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:14:5)

**וּמֵהָעֲזָרָה הַקְּטַנָּה עַד הָעֲזָרָה הַגְּדוֹלָה אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת.** מִגַּג מַלְבֵּן הַתַּחְתּוֹן עַד גַּג מַלְבֵּן שֶׁעָלָיו, אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת גֹּבַהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and from the smaller ledge to the greater ledge four cubits** From the top of the lower frame until the top of the frame that was upon it was a height of four cubits.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:14:6
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:14:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:14:6)

**וְרֹחַב הָאַמָּה.** הוּא כְּנִיסַת הַסּוֹבֵב, עָלָה אַרְבָּעָה וְכָנַס אַמָּה, זֶהוּ סוֹבֵב. וְהַתַּחְתּוֹן קוֹרֵא **קְטַנָּה** לְפִי שֶׁאֵין גָּבְהוֹ אֶלָּא שְׁתַּיִם, וְהָעֶלְיוֹן גָּבְהוֹ **אַרְבַּע**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the breadth, one cubit** This is the amount of the recess of the circuit. It went up four cubits and went in one cubit. [In the second Temple, it went up five cubits and went in one.] And this is the “circuit.” The lower one is called smaller because it is only two [cubits] high, whereas the upper one is four.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:15:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:15:1)

**וְהַהַרְאֵל.** הוּא גֹּבַהּ גַּג הַמִּזְבֵּחַ מִן הַסּוֹבֵב וּלְמַעְלָה; וּבְבַיִת עוֹלָמִים לֹא הָיָה אֶלָּא שָׁלֹשׁ (זבחים ס.); וְיוֹנָתָן אַף הוּא תִּרְגֵּם כָּאן: ״וּמַדְבְּחָא אַרְבַּע אַמִּין״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the altar hearth** The height of the top of the altar, from the circuit and above; and in the [Second] Temple it was only three [cubits]. Jonathan, too, renders: And the altar was four cubits.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:16:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:16:1)

**וְהָאֲרִיאֵל שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה אֹרֶךְ.** מְקוֹם הַמַּעֲרָכָה הָיָה עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע עַל עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע (מדות ג:א), וְזֶהוּ **שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה בִּשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the altar hearth shall be twelve [cubits in] length** The [entire] place for the woodpile was twenty-four [cubits] by twenty-four [cubits] and this [section] was twelve by twelve.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:16:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:16:2)

**אֶל אַרְבַּעַת רְבָעָיו.** שֶׁמֵּאֶמְצָעִיתוֹ הוּא מוֹדֵד שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה לְכָל רוּחַ, הֲרֵי עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע עַל עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע. כָּךְ מְפֹרָשׁ בִּזְבָחִים (נט:). וְכֵן שָׁנִינוּ בְּמַסֶּכֶת מִדּוֹת (ג:א): הַמִּזְבֵּחַ הָיָה שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם עַל שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם, עָלָה אַמָּה וְכָנַס אַמָּה, זֶה הַיְסוֹד, נִמְצָא שְׁלֹשִׁים עַל שְׁלֹשִׁים. עָלָה חָמֵשׁ וְכָנַס אַמָּה, זֶה הַסּוֹבֵב, נִמְצָא עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁמוֹנֶה עַל עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁמוֹנֶה. מְקוֹם הַקְּרָנוֹת אַמָּה מִזֶּה וְאַמָּה מִזֶּה, נִמְצָא עֶשְׂרִים וְשֵׁשׁ עַל עֶשְׂרִים וְשֵׁשׁ. מְקוֹם הִלּוּךְ רַגְלֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים אַמָּה מִזֶּה וְאַמָּה מִזֶּה, נִמְצָא עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע עַל עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע מְקוֹם הַמַּעֲרָכָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to [each of] its four sides** [i.e.,] he measured twelve [cubits] from its center to every side. Behold [it was] 24 [cubits] by 24 [cubits]. So is it clear from Zebahim (61b), and so have we learned in Tractate Middoth (3:1): The altar [of the second Temple] was 32 by 32 [cubits]. It extended upward a cubit and receded a cubitforming the baseleaving it 30 by 30 [cubits]. It extended upward five [cubits] and receded a cubitthis is the circuitleaving 28 by 28 [cubits]. The area for the horns was a cubit here and a cubit there, leaving 26 by 26 [cubits]. The area for the priests to walk was a cubit here and a cubit there, leaving 24 by 24 [cubits]the place for the woodpiles.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:17:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:17:1)

**וְהָעֲזָרָה אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה אֹרֶךְ.** גַּג הַמִּזְבֵּחַ עִם מְקוֹם הַקְּרָנוֹת וְעִם מְקוֹם רַגְלֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁמֹנֶה עַל עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁמֹנֶה, וְאַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה הָאֲמוּרִים כָּאן – מֵאֶמְצָעִיתוֹ מוֹדֵד, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְפֹרָשׁ: **אֶל אַרְבַּעַת רְבָעֶיהָ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the ledge, fourteen [cubits in] length** The top of the altar, including the area for the horns and including the area for the feet of the priests, was 28 by 28 [cubits], and the 14 mentioned here were measured from its center, as is explained by “to its four sides.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:17:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:17:2)

**וְהַגְּבוּל סָבִיב אוֹתָהּ.** יוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: ״וְגַדְנְפָא״, וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּהוּ עַל הַקְּרָנוֹת (זבחים סב:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the boundary around it** Jonathan renders: and the rim, but our Sages explained it as referring to the horns.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:17:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:17:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:17:3)

**חֲצִי הָאַמָּה.** מֵאֶמְצָעִיתוֹ מוֹדֵד; נִמְצָא אַמָּה עַל אַמָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**half a cubit** He measures from its center; hence it was a cubit by a cubit.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:17:4
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:17:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:17:4)

**וְהַחֵיק לָהּ אַמָּה.** זוֹ כְּנִיסַת הַיְסוֹד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and its base a cubit** This is the recession of the base.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:17:5
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:17:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:17:5)

**וּמַעֲלֹתֵהוּ פְּנוֹת קָדִים.** וְכֶבֶשׁ שֶׁעוֹלִים בּוֹ הָיָה בַּדָּרוֹם, כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּהֵא הָעוֹלֶה בּוֹ פּוֹנֶה לַמִּזְרָח; שֶׁכָּל הַפְּנִיּוֹת הָיוּ דֶּרֶךְ יָמִין; וּכְשֶׁאַתָּה נוֹתֵן הַכֶּבֶשׁ בַּדָּרוֹם, הָעוֹלֶה בּוֹ וּפוֹנֶה דֶּרֶךְ יָמִין פּוֹנֶה לַמִּזְרָח:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and its ascents will look towards the east** The ramp upon which they ascended was in the south in order that the one who ascended it would face east, for all the [priests’] turns were made toward the right, and when you place the ramp in the south, the one who ascends it and turns right faces east.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:19:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:19:1)

**הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם.** אֲשֶׁר מִשֵּׁבֶט לֵוִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the priests, the Levites** [i.e.,] who are of the tribe of Levi.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:19:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:19:2)

**מִזֶּרַע צָדוֹק.** לְפִי שֶׁהָיָה כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל שֶׁשִּׁמֵּשׁ רִאשׁוֹן בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ בִּימֵי שְׁלֹמֹה (מלכים א ב:כז, לה), נִקְרְאוּ עַל שְׁמוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who are of the seed of Zadok** Since he was the High Priest who was the first to serve in the Temple, in the days of Solomon, they are [all] called by his name.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:20:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:20:1)

**עַל אַרְבַּע קַרְנוֹתָיו.** שֶׁל מִזְבֵּחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on its four horns** [i.e., the four horns] of the altar.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:20:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:20:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:20:2)

**פִּנּוֹת הָעֲזָרָה.** גַּג הַמִּזְבֵּחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**corners of the uppermost ledge** the top of the altar.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:20:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:20:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:20:3)

**וְכִפַּרְתָּהוּ.** תְּקַנַּח אוֹתוֹ מִדֶּרֶךְ חוֹל שֶׁבּוֹ, לְהַכְנִיסוֹ בִּקְדֻשָּׁה, לִהְיוֹתוֹ רָאוּי לְכַפֵּר עָלָיו מִזֶּה וּלְהַלָּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and make it fit for atonement** You shall “wipe” it of its ordinariness to initiate it into sanctity, so that it will befit for [providing] atonement from then on.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:21:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 43:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/43:21:1)

**בְּמִפְקַד הַבַּיִת.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״בַּאֲתַר דַּחֲזִי לְבֵיתָא״, כְּלוֹמַר: בְּמָקוֹם קָדוֹשׁ; וְלָשׁוֹן **בְּמִפְקַד הַבַּיִת** – מָקוֹם שֶׁהַבַּיִת כָּלֶה, כְּמוֹ ״לֹא נִפְקַד מִמֶּנּוּ אִישׁ״ (במדבר לא:מט). וְהוּא פַּר הַמִּלּוּאִים, כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁעָשׂוּ בַּמִּשְׁכָּן (ויקרא ח:ב), וְנִשְׂרַף אוֹתוֹ פַּר וְלֹא נֶאֱכַל; וְכֵן דָּרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ בִּמְנָחוֹת (מה.): מִלּוּאִים הִקְרִיבוּ בִּימֵי עֶזְרָא כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁהִקְרִיבוּ בִּימֵי מֹשֶׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**at the end of the House** [Heb. בְּמִפְקַד.] Jonathan renders: in a place where he sees the House, i.e., in a holy place. בְּמִפְקַד הַבַּיִת means a place where the House terminates, as in (Num. 32:49): “and not one man of us is terminated (נִפְקַד).” This [bull] is the bull of investiture, [used] in the manner that they [used it] in the Tabernacle, and that bull was burnt and not eaten. And our Sages expounded so in Menahoth (45a): They sacrificed investiture offerings in Ezra’s days just as they sacrificed in Moses’ days.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:22:1
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**תַּקְרִיב שְׂעִיר עִזִּים.** זֶה לֹא הָיָה בַּמִּשְׁכָּן; וּבַמִּלּוּאִים שֶׁל לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא – כָּךְ הֵם עַל פִּי הַדִּבּוּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you shall offer a he-goat** This was not [done] in the Tabernacle [of Moses’ time], but the investiture of the future will be [done] so by Divine ordinance.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:23:1
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**מֵחַטֵּא.** מִלְּטַהֵר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the purification** [Heb. מֵחַטֵא,] from purifying.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:25:1
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**תְּמִימִים יַעֲשׂוּ.** לְעוֹלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**without blemish shall they make** (the burnt offering).


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 43:27:1
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**וְרָצִאתִי.** לְשׁוֹן רָצוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will accept you with satisfaction** [Heb. וְרָצִאתִי,] from רָצוֹן will.