Ezekiel 43:15

“So the altar shall be four cubits, &c.] That is, from the greater settle; so that in the whole it was ten cubits high, the same with Solomon’s, (<140401>2 Chronicles 4:1) some make this to be eleven cubits high, one higher than Solomon’s; it is here called “Harel”, the mountain of God, because it looked like a mountain in the court, for its size: it was on a mountain our Lord was offered up a sacrifice for the sins of his people; and which was far superior to all other sacrifices, and for more persons than those sacrifices offered up on the altar of burnt offerings. And from the altar and upward shall be four horns; or, “from Ariel”f762; which was the focus or hearth where the wood was laid,…”

“altar--Hebrew, Harel, that is, "mount of God"; denoting the high security to be imparted by it to the restored Israel. It was a high place, but a high place of God, not of idols. from the altar--literally, "the lion of God," Ariel (in Isa 29:1, "Ariel" is applied to Jerusalem). MENOCHIUS supposes that on it four animals were carved; the lion perhaps was the uppermost, whence the horns were made to issue. GESENIUS regards the two words as expressing the "hearth" or fireplace of the altar.”

“The altar ... the altar - See the margin. The two words may denote, the first a square block (N) placed upon the upper settle, the second a slab (O), the thickness of which is not given, from which rose four horns Exodus 27:2; and to which it seems probable that the victims of sacrifice were at times bound. Psalms 118:27. Why the names Harel and Ariel were used must be conjectural. Mount of God may have been a title naturally given to the place of sacrifice as elsewhere to the place of worship Ezekiel 40:2; Lion of God was a term used for the Holy City itself Isaiah 29:1. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Four cubits - In height. From the altar - From the top of the altar. Ezekiel 43:17”

“the altar: Heb. Harel, that is, the mountain of God, Probably so called in opposition to the idolatrous high places. the altar: Heb. Ariel, that is, the lion of God, Rather, "the hearth of God," from the Arabic irat or iryat a hearth, and ail God. Isa 29:1, Isa 29:2, Isa 29:7 four horns: Exo 27:2; Lev 9:9; Kg1 2:28; Psa 118:27 Ezekiel 43:16”