half a cubit and a
jamb on the other side." It is said, "two doors to two doors folding back,
two leaves to one door and two leaves to the other."(585)

2. And the great gate had two wickets, one in the north, and one in the
south. Through the one in the south no man ever entered. And with regard
to it Ezekiel declared, as is said, "The Lord said unto me; this gate
shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it;
because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it
shall be shut."(586) The priest took the key, and opened the wicket, and
went into the little chamber, and from the chamber to the Sanctuary. Rabbi
Judah said, "he went in the thickness of the wall, until he found himself
standing between the two gates, and he opened the outside gates from
inside, and the inside from outside."

3. And there were thirty-eight little chambers, fifteen in the north,
fifteen in the south, and eight in the west. The northern and southern
ones were (placed) five over five, and five over them; and in the west
three over three, and two over them. To each were three doors: one to the
little chamber on the right, one to the little chamber on the left, and
one to the little chamber over it. And in the northeastern corner were
five gates: one to the little chamber on the right, and one to the little
chamber over, and one to the gallery, and one to the wicket, and one to
the Sanctuary.

4. The lowest row was five cubits, and the roofing six cubits, and the
middle row six, and the roofing seven, and the upper was seven, as is
said, "the nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle six
cubits broad, and the third seven cubits broad."(587)

5. And a gallery ascended from the northeastern corner to the southwestern
corner. Through it they went up to the roofs of the little chambers. One
went up in the gallery with his face to the west. So he proceeded all
along the northern side, till he reached the west. On reaching the west,
he turned his face southward, going along the west side, till he reached
the south. On reaching the south, with his face to the east, he went along
the south side till he arrived at the door of the upper story, because the
door of the upper story opened in the south side. And at the door of the
upper story were two cedar beams. By them they went up to the roof of the
upper story, and on its summit rails separated between the Holy and the
Holy of Holies. And in th