Commentary for Zevachim 116:7

ומאי קסבר אי קסבר כוליה מזבח בדרום קאי עשרים ושבע בעי למיתי

And even if he holds that the sanctity of the hekal and that of the ulam are one,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 14a.');">⁹</span> yet he would have to carry it down twenty-two cubits?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For then, as soon as he reaches a point opposite the door of the ulam he is 'before the Lord'. As the door of the ulam was five cubits wider than that of the hekal on both sides (i.e., ten wider in all) , five cubits can be deducted from the preceding calculation.');">¹⁰</span>

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