(ט) העיד רבי נחוניא בן גודגדא על החרשת שהשיאה אביה שהיא יוצאה בגט. ועל קטנה בת ישראל שנשאת לכהן. שהיא אוכלת בתרומה. ואם מתה. בעלה יורשה. ועל המריש הגזול שבנאו בבירה שיתן את דמיו. ועל החטאת הגזולה שלא נודעה לרבים. שהיא מכפרת. מפני תיקון המזבח:
(9) Rabbi Nechunya the son of Gidgeda testified about the deaf-mute woman whose father had married her off: that she can leave [the marriage] with a divorce document. And about a minor [orphaned] daughter of an Israelite [i.e. a non-priest] who married a priest: that she can eat terumah [the portion given to the priest], and if she dies, her husband inherits [from her]. And about a stolen beam that was built into a palace: that he [i.e. the one who stole the beam] gives its value [in repayment, as opposed to returning the actual beam, which would be impossible in this case]. And about a stolen sin-offering that many did not know about: that it can effect atonement, because of the welfare of the altar [because if it was invalid, then the priests would refuse to sacrifice all their offerings lest they were stolen].
(א) העיד רבי יהושע בן בתירא על דם נבלות שהוא טהור. העיד רבי שמעון בן בתירא על אפר חטאת שנגע טמא במקצתו. שטימא את כולו. הוסיף רבי עקיבא על הסולת ועל הקטורת. והלבונה. והגחלים. שנגע טבול יום במקצתם. שפסל את כולם:
(ב) העיד רבי יהודה בן בבא. ורבי יהודה הכהן. על קטנה בת ישראל שנשאת לכהן. שהיא אוכלת בתרומה כיון שנכנסה לחופה אף על פי שלא נבעלה. העיד רבי יוסי הכהן ורבי זכריה בן הקצב. על תינוקת שהורהנה באשקלון ורחקוה בני משפחתה ועדיה מעידים אותה שלא נסתרה ושלא נטמאה. אמרו להם חכמים אם מאמינים אתם שהורהנה. האמינו שלא נסתרה ושלא נטמאה. ואם אין אתם מאמינים שלא נסתרה ושלא נטמאה. אל תאמינו שהורהנה:
(ג) העיד רבי יהושע ורבי יהודה בן בתירא על אלמנת עיסה. שהיא כשרה לכהונה. שהעיסה כשרה לטמא ולטהר. לרחק ולקרב. אמר רבן שמעון בן גמליאל קבלנו עדותכם אבל מה נעשה שגזר רבן יוחנן בן זכאי שלא להושיב בתי דינין על כך. הכהנים שומעים לכם לרחק אבל לא לקרב:
(1) Rabbi Yehoshua the son of Beteira testified about the blood of [an improperly slaughtered] carcass that it was pure. Rabbi Shimon the son of Beteira testified about [the ashes of a red heifer, biblically referred to as] the sin-offering, a little of which came in contact with something impure, that it causes the entire [batch of ashes] to become impure. Rabbi Akiva added: About fine flour, the incense, the frankincense, and the coals, a little of which came into contact with a tevul yom [one who has already immersed in a ritual bath but is waiting for the sun to set to become fully pure]: he invalidates them all.
(2) Rabbi Yehudah the son of Bava and Rabbi Yehudah the Priest testified about a minor daughter of an Israelite [i.e. a non-priest] who married a priest: that she may eat the terumah [the portion given to the priests] as soon as they enter the wedding canopy, even if they have not yet consummated [the marriage]. Rabbi Yosi the Priest and Rabbi Zachariah the son of Haktzav testified about the baby girl who had been taken as collateral in Ashkelon [to gentiles], and her family members distance [themselves from her, thus preventing her from marrying], and witnesses testify that she was never secluded [with the gentiles] and that she was not defiled [by the gentiles]. The Sages said to them: If you believe that she was taken as collateral, then you [should] believe you that she was neither secluded [with] nor defiled [by the gentiles]. If you do not believe that she was not secluded [with] and not defiled [by the gentiles], then you [should not] believe that she was taken as collateral.
(3) Rabbi Yehoshua and Rabbi Yehudah the son of Beteira testified about the widow of a man from a possibly illegitimate lineage: that she was fit for marrying a priest, and that those from a possibly illegitimate lineage are considered fit [to declare who is] pure and impure, [who] to bring close and [who] to distance. Rabban Shimon the son of Gamliel said: We have accepted your testimony, but what shall we do, for Rabbi Yochanan the son of Zakkai has decreed for courts to not be commissioned for this [i.e. for the widow of a man from a possibly illegitimate lineage to marry a priest]! The priests would listen to you on whom to distance, but not whom to bring close.