Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery. 2. (n.) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks. 3. (n.) A layer or stratum. 4. (n.) A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral. 5. (n.) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed between beams. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia LEDGE lej (shalabh): The word in the sense of side-projection is used in 1 Kings 7:28, 29 in connection with the bases of Solomon's Molten Sea (see SEA, THE MOLTEN); in 7:35, 36, where the King James Version uses the same word, the Revised Version (British and American) has "stay" (yadh, literally, "hand"). The Revised Version (British and American) likewise has "ledge" (round) for the King James Version "compass" (karkobh) in the description of the altar in Exodus 27:5; Exodus 38:4 (see ALTAR), and the American Standard Revised Version substitutes "ledge" for "settle" (`azarah) in Ezekiel 43:14, 17, 20; Ezekiel 45:19. See TEMPLE.

Multi-Version Concordance Ledge (7 Occurrences) Exodus 27:5 You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar. (WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV) Exodus 38:4 He made for the altar a grating of a network of brass, under the ledge around it beneath, reaching halfway up. (WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV) Ezekiel 43:14 From the bottom on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit. (WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV) Ezekiel 43:17 The ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad in the four sides of it; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and its bottom shall be a cubit around; and its steps shall look toward the east. (WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV) Ezekiel 43:20 You shall take of its blood, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border all around: thus you shall cleanse it and make atonement for it. (WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV) Ezekiel 45:19 The priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it on the door posts of the house, and on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the posts of the gate of the inner court. (WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV) Ezekiel 46:23 There was a wall around in them, around the four, and boiling places were made under the walls all around. (See NIV)