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(2) From where [do we know] that a ship is not subject to impurity [literally: is pure]? Because it states, "The way of a ship in the midst of the sea," (Mishlei 30:19). From where [do we know] that in a garden-bed that is six hand-breadths by six hand-breadths, one may sow five [different kinds of] seeds - four [kinds] on the four sides of the garden-bed, and one in the middle? Because it states, "For as the earth brings forth her growth and as the garden causes the things grown in it to blossom," (Yeshaya 61:11). The text does not say, "its seed" but "the things grown in it."

(3) From where [do we know] that a woman who expels semen on the third day [after coition] is impure? Because it states, "And be ready after three days," (Shemot 19:15). From where [do we know] that we bathe a circumcised [infant] on the third day [following the circumcision, even if it] falls on Shabbat? Because it states, "And it came to pass on the third day when they were in pain," (Bereishit 34:25). From where [do we know] that we tie a red thread on the head of the goat that is sent away [as part of the Yom Kippur ritual]? Because it states, "Though your sins be as scarlet they shall become white as snow," (Yeshaya 1:18).

(4) From where [do we know] that anointing [one's body] is [as forbidden] as drinking on Yom Kippur? Although there is no proof [to support] the matter, there is an allusion to the matter [for it is written], "Let it come into his innards like water, and like oil into his bones," (Tehilim 109:18).

(5) [One is liable if he carries out] sufficient wood to cook a light egg; sufficient spices to season a light egg; and [different types of spices can be] added together [to reach the minimum measurement]. Sufficient nut-shells, pomegranate peels, woad, and madder to dye a small garment like a cap. Sufficient urine, nitre, lye, Cimolian earth, or potash to cleanse a small garment like a cap. Rabbi Yehudah says: Enough to cover [a blood] stain.