## The Third Beit HaMikdash Chapter 40

###### The Third Beit HaMikdash 40:1
[The Third Beit HaMikdash 40:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Third%20Beit%20HaMikdash/r/40:1)

**וְגַג** הַמִּזְבֵּחַ שֶׁהוּא רָחָב כ"ח עַל כ"ח מִתְחַלֵּק בְּאוֹפֶן זֶה: שֶׁתִּמְדּוֹד מְאֶמְצָעִיתוֹ שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה אַמָּה לְכָל צַד, שֶׁהוּא כ"ד עַל כ"ד, וְהוּא מְקוֹם הַמַּעֲרָכָה (פ"ג מ"א). זֶהוּ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (מג, טז) "וְהָהֲרִאֵיל שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה אֹרֶךְ בִּשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה רֹחַב".

**The Third Beis HaMikdash, trans. by Rabbi Eliyahu Touger, Moznaim Pub Corp. 2016:**
The upper surface of the Altar was a square, measuring 28 cubits by 28 cubits. It was divided by measuring 12 cubits from its center to each side, producing a square 24 cubits by 24 cubits. This was the area where the Altar’s pyres were arranged.¹ 3:1. This is alluded to by the verse,² 43:16. “The *Ariel* was 12 [cubits] in length and 12 [cubits] in width.”

footnotes:
¹ Middos
² Yechezkel