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The Inner Courts of Herod's Temple ISBE

Inner Courts: Court of Israel; Court of the Priests: From the women's court, the ascent was made by 15 semicircular steps (Mid., ii.5; on these steps the Levites chanted, and beneath them their instruments were kept) to the inner court, comprising, at different levels, the court of Israel and the court of the priests. Here, again, at the entrance,...

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Inside the Soreg of the Second Temple - Wikipedia

According to Josephus, there were ten entrances into the inner courts, four on the south, four on the north, one on the east and one leading east to west from the Court of Women to the court of the Israelites, named the Nicanor Gate.[24] The gates were: On the south side (going from west to east) the Fuel Gate, the Firstling Gate, the Water Gate. O...

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The Inner Courts of Herod's Temple

The Inner Courts were on a higher level than the outer court. To enter into the Inner Courts one would have to pass through the western gate of the outer court and up a flight of stairs that had 15 steps to the first court which was the Court of the Israelites. This inner court measured 187 cubits (280 feet) long and 135 cubits (202 feet) wide, and...

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