[If] a tahor person put his head and most of his body into a tamei house, he becomes tamei. [If] a tamei person puts his head and most of his body into a tahor house, he makes it tamei. A tahor garment of which three by three [fingerbreadths] were put into a tamei house becomes tamei. [If someone] put an olive-sized piece of a tamei garment into a tahor house, the house becomes tamei.

If someone enters an afflicted house with his garments on his shoulder, and his sandals and rings in his hands, he and they become tamei immediately. [However, if] he is wearing his garments, his sandals, are on his feet, and his rings are on his fingers, he becomes tamei immediately but [the garments, sandals, and rings] remain tahor until he stays enough time to eat a halfloaf of wheat bread, rather than barley bread, while reclining and eating it with a condiment.