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     * the lower settle.
       These settles were ledges by which the altar was narrowed
       towards the top; and the whole of it may thus be computed:--

                   Height                           Cubits

           Base, ver. 13.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .   1
           To first ledge, ver. 14. .  .  .  .  .  .   1
           To upper ledge, ver. 14. .  .  .  .  .  .   4
           To hearth, ver. 15..  .  .  .  .  .  .  .   4
                                                      ---
                                              In all  10

                   Breadth                          Cubits

           Upper ledge, ver. 17. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  14
           For higher ledge, ver. 14.  .  .  .  .  .   2
           For lower ledge, ver. 14..  .  .  .  .  .   2
           For base, ver. 13. .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .   2
                                                      ---
                                              In all  20
       Hence the upper part of the altar was only twelve cubits
       square (ver. 16,) the upper settle, or ledge, being in all
       fourteen cubits, (ver. 17,) deducting two cubits from its
       dimensions.  Though this altar was the same in height, and
       breadth with that of Solomon, yet it differed materially from
       it in having settles or ledges; on which the priests walked
       round the altar, to officiate in offering sacrifices.