"Do that your nakedness not be revealed upon it": Upon it (the altar) you may not take broad strides, but you may in the sanctuary and in the holy of holies. For it would follow (otherwise), viz.: If on the altar, the less formidable, it is forbidden to take broad strides, how much more so in the sanctuary and the Temple, the more formidable! It is, therefore, written "So that your nakedness not be revealed upon it." Upon it (the altar) you may not take broad strides, but you may in the sanctuary and the holy of holies. Now does this not follow a fortiori, viz.: If of stones, which have no consciousness of evil or of fear, the Holy One Blessed be He said: Do not deport yourself upon them boldly, then your friend, created in the image of Him who spoke and brought the world into being—how much more so should you not deport yourselves boldly with him!