[If] a deaf-mute, a mentally deranged person, or a minor slaughtered with others observing them, one is required to cover [the blood]; by themselves, he is exempt from covering [the blood]. Likewise, in the matter of ‘‘it and its offspring,’’ [if] they slaughtered with others observing them, it is forbidden to slaughter after them; by themselves — R’ Meir permits slaughtering after them, but the Sages prohibit [it]. They agree, however, that if one slaughtered, he does not incur forty lashes.

[If] one slaughtered a hundred beasts in one place, one covering [suffices] for them all. A hundred fowl in one place, one covering [suffices] for them all. A beast and a fowl in one place, one covering [suffices] for them all. R’ Yehudah says: [If] he slaughtered a beast, he must cover it[s blood], and afterwards slaughter the fowl. [If] he slaughtered and did not cover [the blood], and someone else saw it, he is required to cover it. [If] he covered it and it became uncovered, he is exempt from covering [it]. [If] the wind covered it, he is required to cover [it].

[If] blood mixed with water — if it has the color of blood, he is required to cover [it]. [If] it mixed with wine, we view it as if it were water. [If] it mixed with the blood of an animal or with the blood of a beast, we view it as if it were water. R’ Yehudah says: Blood cannot nullify blood.

[If] blood splashed or is on the knife, one is required to cover [it]. Said R’ Yehudah: When? When there is no other blood but that, but if there is blood other than that, he is exempt from covering [it].