"Two persons watched a trough containing water for purification; one of
them becomes legally unclean?" "It is allowed, because it was in the
safe-keeping of the second." "He became clean and the second unclean?" "It
is allowed, because it was in the safe-keeping of the first." "Both became
unclean at once?" "It is disallowed." "One of them did work?" "It is
allowed, because it was in the safe-keeping of the second." "He stood
still, and the second did work?" "It is allowed, because it was in the
safe-keeping of the first." "Both worked at once." "It is disallowed."

2. If one put ashes in the water for purification, he must not put on his
sandal, for if the water fall on the sandal, it becomes legally unclean,
and renders him legally unclean. This is the proverb, "What makes thee
unclean, cannot make me unclean, but thou canst make me unclean." "If
water fall on his flesh?" "He is clean." "If it fall on his garment?" "It
becomes unclean, and renders him unclean." This is the proverb, "What
makes thee unclean, cannot make me unclean, but thou canst make me
unclean."

3. He who burned the red heifer and the bullocks,(741) and he who sent
forth the scapegoat, render garments unclean. The heifer and the bullocks,
and the scapegoat which was sent forth, cannot of themselves render
garments unclean. This is the proverb: "What makes thee unclean, cannot
make me unclean, but thou canst make me unclean."

4. If one eat from the carcass of a clean bird, as it is in his throat, it
renders garments unclean. The carcass itself does not render garments
unclean. This is the proverb: "What makes thee unclean, cannot make me
unclean, but thou canst make me unclean."

5. Every(742) secondary uncleanness does not render vessels unclean, but
fluid does so. If fluid become unclean, it renders vessels unclean. This
is the proverb, "What makes thee unclean, cannot make me unclean, but thou
canst make me unclean."

6. Earthen vessels cannot render each other unclean, but fluid does so. If
fluid becomes unclean, it renders vessels unclean. This is the proverb,
"What makes thee unclean, cannot make me unclean, but thou canst make me
unclean."

7. Everything(743) which disallows the heave-offering renders the fluid
unclean so as to be a primary uncleanness, for rendering a person unclean,
and disallowing him, except he was one who washed by day.(744) This is the
proverb, "What makes thee unclean, cannot make me unclean, but thou canst
make