וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים חָמֵשׁ֩ אַמּ֨וֹת אֹ֜רֶךְ וְחָמֵ֧שׁ אַמּ֣וֹת רֹ֗חַב רָב֤וּעַ יִהְיֶה֙ הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וְשָׁלֹ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת קֹמָתֽוֹ׃
Engkau harus menjadikan mezbah itu dari kayu penaga, lima hasta panjangnya dan lima hasta lebarnya; mezbah itu harus persegi empat, dan tingginya tiga hasta.
On Drunkenness
[85] And therefore Moses, God’s interpreter, will use the sacred works that furnished the tabernacle to shew us the twofold perfection. For it is not without a well-thought purpose for us that he covers the ark both inside and outside with gold (Exod. 25:10) and gives two robes to the high-priest (Exod. 28:4), and builds two altars, one without for the sacrificial ritual, the other within for burning incense (Exod. 27:1, 30:1). No, he wished by these symbols to represent the virtues of either kind.