[If] someone fills his [barrel] and a [barrel] for chatas [water], he first fills his [barrel] and ties it to the carrying pole, and he subsequently fills [the barrel] for chatas water. And if he filled the [barrel] of chatas [water] first, and afterward filled his [barrel], it is disqualified. He puts his [barrel] behind him, and [the barrel] for chatas [water] in front of him. But if he put [the barrel] for chatas [water] behind him, [it is] disqualified. [If] they were both for chatas [water], he places one in front of him and one in back of him; [this is] valid, since it is impossible.

[If] someone takes the rope in his hand, along his way, it is valid; but not along his way, it is invalid. [Concerning] this [matter someone] went to Yavneh for three festivals, and on the third festival they validated it for him [in] a [special] ruling for that time.

[If] he coils the rope a little at a time, [the water] is valid. But if he coils [the rope] at the end, [the water] is invalid. R’ Yose said: It was [in] this [case] that they validated [the water] [in] a [special] ruling for that time.

[If] someone puts away a barrel so that it should not break, or he turned it [over] on its rim to let it dry: [if he intended] to fill with it, it is valid; [if he intended] to [use it to] transport the sanctified [water], it is disqualified. [If] someone clears away shards from inside the trough so that it will hold more water, it is valid. But if [he does so] so that they should not obstruct him when he sprinkles the water, it is disqualified.

[If] someone had his water on his shoulder and he issued a ruling, or he showed the way to others, or killed a snake or a scorpion, or he took food to store it, it is disqualified. [If he took] food in order to eat, [the water] is valid. [If] the snake or scorpion were obstructing him, it is valid. Said R’ Yehudah: This is the rule: [With] anything that is considered a “different activity,” whether he stops or he does not stop, it is disqualified; [with] something that is not considered a different activity, [if] he stops it is disqualified, but if he does not stop it is valid.

[If] one entrusts his water to a tamei person, it is invalid; but [if he entrusted it] to a tahor person, it is valid. R’ Eliezer says: Even [if he entrusted it] to a tamei person it is valid, if the owner did not perform a different activity.

[If] two were filling [their barrels] for chatas water, and they helped each other lift [their barrels] or removed a thorn from one another, for one sanctification it is valid, for two sanctifications it is disqualified. R’ Yose says: Even with two sanctifications it is valid if they stipulated between themselves.

[If] someone breaks through [a fence] intending to repair it, [the water] is valid; but if he repairs it, [the water] is disqualified.  [If] one eats [figs] that he had intended to spread out to dry, [the water] is valid; but if he spreads [them] out to dry, [the water] is disqualified. [If] he was eating, and left over, and threw what was in his hand under a fig tree or into the drying area so that they should not become lost, [the water] is disqualified.

[If] two people were watching the trough, [and] one of them became tamei, [the water] is valid since it is in the second [per-son’s] possession. [If] he became tahor, and the second [person] became tamei, [the water] is valid since it is in the first [person’s] possession. [If] they both became tamei at the same time, [the water] is disqualified.  [If] one of them per-formed a different activity, [the water] is valid since it is in the second [person’s] possession. [If] he stopped, and the second [person] performed a different activity, [the water] is valid since it is in the first [watchman’s] possession. [If] they both per-formed a different activity simultaneously, [the water] is disqualified.

. The person sanctifying the chatas water should not wear shoes, because if liquid would fall on one of his shoes, it is con-taminated and [the shoe] contaminates him. [Thus,] this one says: “That which contaminates you cannot contaminate me; yet, you can contaminate me!”  [If] liquid fell on one’s skin, he is tahor. If it fell on his clothes, the clothes are contami-nated and contaminate him. [Thus,] this one says: “That which contaminates you cannot contaminate me; yet, you can con-taminate me!”

The person burning the parah [adumah], or the [sacrificial] bulls [that are burned], or the one who sends the goat [to Aza-zel], [all] contaminate clothes; the parah [adumah], the [sacrificial] bulls [that are burned], and the he-goat that is sent [to Azazel] themselves do not contaminate clothing. [Thus,] this one says: “That which contaminates you cannot contaminate me; yet, you can contaminate me!”

Concerning one who eats from a carcass of a kosher bird and it is [still] in [his] throat, he contaminates his clothing; the carcass itself does not contaminate clothes. [Thus,] this one says: “That which contaminates you cannot contaminate me; yet, you can contaminate me!”

All derivatives of tumah do not con-taminate utensils, but [they do contaminate] liquids; [if] a liquid contracts tumah, it con-taminates the [utensils]. [Thus,] this one says: “That which contaminates tumah to you cannot contaminate me; yet, you can contaminate me!”

An earthenware vessel cannot contaminate another [earthenware vessel] but [it does contaminate] liquids. [if] a liquid con-tracts tumah, it contaminates it. [Thus,] this one says: “That which contaminates you cannot contaminate me; yet, you can contaminate me!”

Anything that renders terumah unfit con-taminates liquids to be a beginning [level of tumah], [with the capacity] to contam-inate one and render unfit one, except for a tevul yom. [Thus,] this one says: “That which contaminates you cannot contaminate me; yet, you can contaminate me!”

All the seas are like a mikveh, as it is said (Genesis 1:10): ”And the gathering [mikveh] of waters He called `seas’.” [These are] the words of R’ Meir. R’ Yehudah says: [Only] the Great Sea is like a mikveh; it says “seas” only because it contains many kinds of seas. R’ Yose says: All the seas can purify while flowing, but they are unfit for zavim and for metzoraim and for consecrating therefrom purification water.

Smitten waters are invalid. These are [considered to be] smitten [waters]: [waters that are] salty or lukewarm.  “Waters that cease [to flow]” are invalid. These are “waters that cease”: [If] they cease once in seven years. [Waters] that cease during military campaigns and in years of drought are valid. R’ Yehudah disqualifies.

The waters of the Karmian [River] and the waters of the Pugah [River] are disqualified, because they are marsh waters. The waters of the Jordan [River] and the waters of the Yarmuk [River] are invalid, because they are mingled waters. And these are mingled waters: one valid [water source] and one invalid [water source] that became intermixed. [However] two valid [water sources] that became mixed are valid. R’ Yehudah disqualifies.