Commentary for Zevachim 124:16

תנן התם הכבש והמזבח ששים ושתים הני שיתין וארבעה הוו נמצא פורח אמה על יסוד ואמה על סובב

Now, both 'round about' and 'rabua'' must be written. For if the Divine Law wrote 'round about' [only]. I would say that it can be circular; therefore the Divine Law wrote rabua'. Whilst if the Divine Law wrote rabua' [only], I would say that it could be long and narrow;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., I could translate rabua'= rectangular, but not necessarily square.');">³⁶</span> hence the Divine Law wrote 'round about'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Implying that all its sides must be equal.');">³⁷</span> We learnt elsewhere: The ascent and the altar were sixty-two [cubits]. But they were sixty four?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since each was thirty-two.');">³⁸</span> - Hence it is found that it overhung a cubit of the base and a cubit of the balcony.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra 54a.');">³⁹</span>

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