Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 194:4

גובה המזבח כמה הוי עשר אמות שית בני חמשה חמשה וארבעי בני שיתא שיתא

It was assumed that it was the height from the base to the sobeb that was measured by a cubit of five handbreadths;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whereas the other parts of the altar were measured by a cubit of six handbreadths. The various parts of the altar and their measurements will be easily gathered from the adjoining diagram which represents one side of the altar. (See drawing) . The numbers in the figure represent cubits: vfrgn a=the base; b = wall of the sobeb; c = the sobeb; d = place for the altar fire, ; e = the horns.');">⁶</span> and the verse, 'The bottom shall be a cubit and a cubit the breadth,' meant to say that [the height]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which was six cubits.');">⁷</span>

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