The Gate Beautiful lined up with the Nicanor Gate which separated the Women's Court with the Court of the Israelites (men's court). From there the line-of-sight went all the way to the curtain in front of the Holy of Holies.
Therefore, when the ashes of the red heifer were burned on the Mount of Olives across the Kedron Valley there was a direct line-of-sight from the Eastern Gate to the Holy of Holies, where God dwelled.











