Furthermore, the Jews were very cautious about engaging in any form of foreign worship, and it was strictly forbidden for them to even appear as if they were honoring it. As stated in the Talmud and by Maimonides, if a person's path leads him to an idolatrous house and he has a thorn in his foot, he should not sit, nor bow down, nor prostrate himself there in order to remove the thorn, so that he will not be seen by passersby as bowing down and honoring foreign worship. And if the act of prostration were performed before the Ark in a different form of worship, the Jews would not have adhered to this practice. Since they have maintained it from the days of their ancestors, it is a true sign that it is uncorrupted.