Its vestibule was toward the outer courtyard, and palm decorations were on its pilasters, and it had eight steps going up—indicating that the inner southern gate's vestibule faces the outer courtyard and is accessed by eight steps, providing ascent into the increasingly sacred inner precinct. The eight steps (compared to seven for outer gates) suggests greater ritual significance for the inner approach. This verse describes the processional arrangement of the inner southern gate.

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