Commentary for Zevachim 118:9

אמר ליה רבי יהודה (והלא כבר נאמר ואת החצר מאה אמה וקומה חמש אמות וגו') אפשר כהן עומד ע"ג המזבח ועבודה בידו וכל העם רואין אותו מבחוץ

the four sides thereof, it teaches that the measurement was taken from the middle.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Interpreting 'to' as intimating that from one particular point there were twelve cubits in all directions, hence from the centre. Accordingly, Moses' altar was ten cubits square, not five, and when the two cubits on all sides are deducted (v. n. 11, p. 296) it was still six as against Solomon's twenty cubits square. The latter therefore would not be large enough for the extra work it had to do.');">¹¹</span> And R'Jose?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How does he rebut this reasoning?');">¹²</span>

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