Ezekiel Chapter 40 Vs. 37

 The Inner Court

And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps. Eze 40:37

The eight steps just tell us that this is on the same level, as the eastern gate (of verse 32).

The inner court were identical and were also the same as the three gates of the outer court except that the portico's of the inner gates faced the outer court.