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Bible Treasury: Volume N4
Words Translated "Altar"
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Questions and Answers on Scripture: From the Bible Treasury
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Ezek. 43:15
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So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns. (Ezekiel 43:15)
. According to the margin two very different and highly significant words are translated " altar ": Harel, mount of God, and Ariel, lion of God. Is the A. V. correct? And if so, what spiritual meaning underlies those singular words? W. R. K.
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may be well to notice first that the regular word for altar is neither of these terms, but Mizbeach, derived from the verb zebach, to slay, especially as a sacrifice. Hence this is the word in verses 13, 18, 22, 27. The words questioned are figurative. The former, Harel, designates the upper altar, naturally flowing from its etymology; the latter, though capable of meaning " lion of God," rather signifies " hearth of God," in this scripture, the whole upper surface of the altar. But " Ariel" in
Isa. 29:1
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Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. (Isaiah 29:1)
, as applied to Jerusalem, makes good sense as "lion of God," though some prefer there as here " hearth of God,"
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