Commentary for Shevuot 27:15

אחד הנכנס לעזרה ואחד הנכנס לתוספת העזרה שאין מוסיפין על העיר ועל העזרות אלא במלך ונביא ואורים ותומים וסנהדרין של שבעים ואחד ובשתי תודות ובשיר

AND WHEN HE HAD GONE OUT, BECAME AWARE: - IN THESE CASES HE BRINGS A SLIDING SCALE SACRIFICE. IT IS THE SAME WHETHER ONE ENTERS THE TEMPLE COURT OR THE ADDITION TO THE TEMPLE COURT,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The additional portion is as holy as the original, for it is consecrated with full ceremonial. An unclean person entering the additional portion must, therefore, also bring a sacrifice. The whole of the Temple court was 187 cubits long and 135 cubits wide; and was divided into a number of compartments (Mid. V.) . An unclean person was prohibited from entering anywhere within the court.');">³⁴</span> FOR ADDITIONS ARE NOT MADE TO THE CITY [OF JERUSALEM], OR TO THE TEMPLE COMPARTMENTS EXCEPT BY KING, PROPHET, URIM AND TUMMIN,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Ex. XXVIII, 30; and Rashi, a.l.');">³⁵</span>

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