1)
Did Yechezkel not already come to this gate?
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Rashi: He did; Hashem brought him to it again, to see the honor descend to the Azarah.
2.
Radak: After he measured the directions, He took me to the gate from which He took me out.
2)
Why does it say "Asher Poneh Derech ha'Kadim"?
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Malbim: One who leaves it, he faces east.