וחלונו [וְחַלּוֹנָ֤יו] ואלמו [וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙] ותמרו [וְתִ֣מֹרָ֔יו] כְּמִדַּ֣ת הַשַּׁ֔עַר אֲשֶׁ֥ר פָּנָ֖יו דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַקָּדִ֑ים וּבְמַעֲל֥וֹת שֶׁ֙בַע֙ יַֽעֲלוּ־ב֔וֹ ואילמו [וְאֵֽילַמָּ֖יו] לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃
Et ses fenêtres, ses vestibules et ses palmes avaient les mêmes dimensions qu’a la porte tournée vers l’Est. On y montait par sept degrés, avec des vestibules devant eux.
The Third Beit HaMikdash
“They would ascend to it by seven steps.”3Ibid., 22. Radak and Rav Yitzchak Abarbanel explain that the steps mentioned here were necessary to accommodate the difference in height between this courtyard and the Courtyard of the Israelites. It is as if the verse is saying that people leaving this courtyard would ascend seven steps to the Courtyard of the Israelites.