יחזקאל, פרק מ׳, פסוק י׳

After detailing the length of the gate complex, the focus now shifts to its width, revealing a deeply symmetrical and orderly internal structure [ביאור שטיינזלץ]. Located along the eastern wall of the Women's Courtyard, these guardrooms face the Temple Mount [רש״י]. The design of the gateway is characterized by perfect balance. Three guardrooms line the northern side of the passage, mirrored exactly by three guardrooms on the southern side [רש״י, רד״ק, מלבי״ם]. Every single room shares the exact same dimensions as the very first room measured, maintaining a uniform size that includes the thickness of the walls separating them [רש״י, מלבי״ם].

Alongside the rooms, the structural pillars also follow a strict, uniform measurement. However, there are different perspectives on the exact nature and placement of these pillars. Some view them as the doorposts standing directly at the entrances of the guardrooms [מצודת דוד]. Others suggest they are the thresholds or pillars belonging to the inner hall [רש״י]. A third approach proposes that just as the main hall featured pillars at its entrance, the individual guardrooms had matching pillars at their doorways, all sharing the same standard size [מלבי״ם, רד״ק].

Opinions also vary regarding the precise dimensions of these pillars. One view maintains that they measured two cubits [רש״י], while another describes them as perfectly round pillars measuring one cubit by one cubit [מלבי״ם].