Quoting%20commentary for Menachot 196:11

ולא קשיא מר קא חשיב בית קדשי הקדשים בהדי היכל מר לא קא חשיב בית קדשי הקדשים בהדי היכל

R'Eleazar son of R'Simeon says, From north to south. What is Rabbi's reason? - He derives it from the candlestick: as the candlestick stood [with its branches] towards east and west, so these stood from east to west.

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