Commentary for Ezekiel 8:5
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם שָׂא־נָ֥א עֵינֶ֖יךָ דֶּ֣רֶךְ צָפ֑וֹנָה וָאֶשָּׂ֤א עֵינַי֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ צָפ֔וֹנָה וְהִנֵּ֤ה מִצָּפוֹן֙ לְשַׁ֣עַר הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ סֵ֛מֶל הַקִּנְאָ֥ה הַזֶּ֖ה בַּבִּאָֽה׃
Then said He unto me: ‘Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north.’ So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
Rashi on Ezekiel
“Now lift your eyes northward” Toward the Temple Mount, outside the court. For he [already] was standing outside the northern entrance of the court, and north of the gate is [farther] outside the court.
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Rashi on Ezekiel
from the north of the gate of the altar On the Temple Mount, from the north of that northern gate of the court, and I say that that gate was exactly in line with the gate of the altar.
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Rashi on Ezekiel
at the entrance Heb. בַּבִאָה. When a person comes to enter the court, he finds it there; a l’entree in French, at the entrance.
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