וְהָעֲזָרָ֞ה אַרְבַּ֧ע עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה אֹ֗רֶךְ בְּאַרְבַּ֤ע עֶשְׂרֵה֙ רֹ֔חַב אֶ֖ל אַרְבַּ֣עַת רְבָעֶ֑יהָ וְהַגְּבוּל סָבִ֨יב אוֹתָ֜הּ חֲצִ֣י הָאַמָּ֗ה וְהַֽחֵיק־לָ֤הּ אַמָּה֙ סָבִ֔יב וּמַעֲלֹתֵ֖הוּ פְּנ֥וֹת קָדִֽים׃
Birai itu panjangnya empat belas hasta dan lebarnya empat belas hasta pada keempat sisinya. Bingkai di sekelilingnya setengah hasta, dan alasnya satu hasta di sekeliling-kelilingnya. Jalan naiknya menghadap ke arah timur.”
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“The upper base” [43:17]. The vestibule was fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide.
Rashi
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
and the boundary around it Jonathan renders: and the rim, but our Sages explained it as referring to the horns.
Rashi
half a cubit He measures from its center; hence it was a cubit by a cubit.
Rashi
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.