וְאֵ֨לֶּה מִדּ֤וֹת הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ בָּֽאַמּ֔וֹת אַמָּ֥ה אַמָּ֖ה וָטֹ֑פַח וְחֵ֨יק הָאַמָּ֜ה וְאַמָּה־רֹ֗חַב וּגְבוּלָ֨הּ אֶל־שְׂפָתָ֤הּ סָבִיב֙ זֶ֣רֶת הָאֶחָ֔ד וְזֶ֖ה גַּ֥ב הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃
Inilah ukuran-ukuran mezbah itu dalam hasta, yaitu hasta yang panjangnya satu hasta biasa ditambah satu telapak tangan: alasnya satu hasta tingginya dan satu hasta lebarnya, dan bingkainya di sepanjang tepinya di sekeliling-kelilingnya satu jengkal. Inilah bagian atas mezbah itu.
Tosefta Kelim Metzia
Rabbi Meir says, all measurements that the Sages stated about a vineyard (see Kilayim 7:3), such as an empty patch in a vineyard, and the space between the vineyard and the fence, and the gaps in an aris, and the papyrus-ropes [of a trellis], all of them are [measured] with cubits of six handbreadths,*the translation "six handbreadths" follows the GR"A; the printed text, "five handbreadths," is inconsistent with the discussion that follows except for the golden Altar, and the horns [of the Altar], and the surrounding [area], and the foundation, which are [measured] with a cubit of five handbreadths, as it is said (Ez. 43:13, JPS tr.), "And these are the dimensions of the Altar, in cubits [where each is a cubit and a handbreadth]" -- that there were two measurements for the Altar. But perhaps all of them were [measured] with a cubit of five handbreadths? Thus the verse states, "With a cubits, each cubit [being] a cubit and a handbreadth," [meaning] with a cubit that is larger than its counterpart by a handbreadth.