Commentary for Kiddushin 144:6
מאן דאמר לרעה דכתיב (יחזקאל יא, א) ותבא אותי אל שער בית ה' הקדמוני הפונה קדימה והנה בפתח השער עשרים וחמשה איש ואראה בתוכם את יאזניה בן עזר ואת פלטיהו בן בניהו שרי העם וכתיב (יחזקאל ח, טז) ויבא אותי אל חצר בית ה' הפנימית והנה פתח היכל ה' בין האולם ובין המזבח כעשרים וחמשה איש אחוריהם אל היכל ה' ופניהם קדמה
Thus the prophet cried, 'That he who did good for Israel should die in middle age!' And he who maintained that it was in his disfavour - for it is written, [Moreover the spirit lifted me up,] and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord's house, which looketh eastward: and behold, at the door of the gate five and twenty men; and I saw in the midst of them Joazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XI, 1.');"><sup>11</sup></span> And it is said: And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord's house, and behold, at the door of the Temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. VIII, 16.');"><sup>12</sup></span> Now, from the implication of what is said: 'and their faces toward the east,' do I not know that their backs were toward the west?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The hekal, the Temple proper, was to the west of the Temple court, where they stood.');"><sup>13</sup></span>