the little: The entrance into the inner court seems to have been through a portico, exactly like that at each gate of the outward court; but the ascent was by eight steps, instead of seven. Eze 40:7, Eze 40:10, Eze 40:12; 1Ch 28:11-12; 2Ch 31:11; Neh 13:5, Neh 13:9; Jer 35:2-4, Jer 36:10