Reference for Yoma 49:7
ואי סלקא דעתך כולה בחול פייס במזרחה והא בעינן (תהלים נה, טו) בבית אלהים נהלך ברגש וליכא אלא שמע מינה חציה בקדש וחציה בחול
said: Nobody could sit in the Temple Court except the kings of the House of David.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In Deut. XVIII, 5: The Lord hath chosen him out of all thy tribes to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, against which II Sam. VII, 18: Then David the king went in and sat before the Lord.');"><sup>11</sup></span> Furthermore, if you could think that the whole cell was outside holy ground, how could the count take place on its eastern side, is it not required: 'In the house of God we walked with the throng'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And this enthusiasm, as explained before, was created by the count.');"><sup>12</sup></span> and this would not be [the house of God]! Hence [the inference is valid]: It is half on holy ground, half on non-holy ground.