An individual who filled up five casks to sanctify, one is sanctified. [If] he was taking out each and every one and [then] poured, even if he closed [the door] behind him, it is fit, because he is [continually] occupied with the sanctification, but if once he had taken out the last one he closed the door behind him, it is disqualified because he did work with it; but if there are watchers there, only the one that is in his hand is disqualified. One who sanctifies them with five [acts of] mixing: [If] he had taken them out each and every one and [then] poured, if there are watchers there, that which he closed the door [while holding] is fit, and that which he did not close the door [while holding] is disqualified.

[If] he had set down his cask before him, and his fellow said to him, "Give me," and he gave it to him, both of them are disqualified, but if he said to him, "Take it yourself," his is disqualified and his fellow's is fit. [If] he had before him two casks both of them are fit*. [If] he had two casks before him and his fellow said to him, "Give me," and he gave his own to him, it is disqualified, but if he gave another's to him, it is fit. And if he said to him, "Take it yourself," they are both fit.

One who is drawing [water] for himself (i.e., for his personal use) and for the purification ritual, draws for himself first and and [then] fastens [the bucket] to the carrying pole, and afterwards draws [the water] for the purification ritual. [If] he wanted to drink but it was impossible for him unless both of them [were connected to] the carrying pole, then whether he drew for himself first and afterwards drew for the purification ritual, or whether he drew for the purification ritual first and afterwards drew for himself, he places [the bucket] for his own use behind him and [the bucket] for the purification ritual in front of him, and if he placed [the bucket] for the purification ritual behind him, it is disqualified.

One who transports the rope [with the buckets of water attached] along his normal route, [the water is] fit, but if he goes out of his way, it is disqualified. As to this halacha, the residents of Asia presented it on three [consecutive pilgrimage] festivals to Yavneh. On the third festival, they held that [the water] was fit, as a temporary ruling. Said Rabbi Yosei, it was not as to this that they ruled, but rather as to one who raised up the rope and went back and afterwards wound it in circles [around his hand]*, they ruled that it is fit as [applied] to the past, but disqualified it for the future.

Whoever had both himself and his waters [of purification] in a tent with a corpse, and his waters were sealed with a tightly fitting lid -- just as he is pure, so too his waters are pure. [If] he is from inside, and his waters are from outside, just as he is impure, so too his waters are impure. [If] he is from outside and his waters are from inside, just as he is pure, so too his waters are pure. Said Rabbi Shimon, for this [reason], one says to him, "Guard yourself so that your waters will be pure."

One who had his waters on his shoulders and [a woman made] a declaration of refusal before him, or performed halitza before him, or he dislodged a stone for another, or he showed another the way -- if he stood still, it is disqualified, but if he didn't stand still, it is fit. Said Rabbi Yehuda, this is the general rule -- something done on account of work, whether he stood still or did not stand still, it is disqualified; something not done on account of work, if he stood still it is disqualified, and if he didn't stand still, it is fit.

Rabbi Eliezer says, one who gives over his waters to one who is impure, or the owners performed work -- they are disqualified. Rabbi Yehuda says in his name, if the impure person did work, [the waters] are fit because they were under the domain of their owners, [but] if the owners did work, they are impure, because they were under the domain of the impure person.

Rabbi Yosei says, one who breaks a fence in order to repair it, and he stipulated to it, even though he repaired it, [the water] is fit. One who eats [figs] in order to store [some of them], and he stipulated to it, even though he stored them, it is fit.

The one who burns the [red] heifer and the bulls*, and the one who sends away the goat [to Azazel] all defile their clothing. The heifer and the and the bulls and the [goat that is] sent away do not themselves defile clothing, but they defile foods and liquids, the words of Rabbi Meir. And the Sages say, the heifer and the bulls, which are burned, defile foods and liquids, [but the goat, which is only] sent away, does not defile foods and liquids. Rabbi Shimon says, the heifer defiles foods and liquids, for it had a period of time in which it was fit [for eating*]. Rabbi Yehuda says, [as to] the heifer, as soon as it is slaughtered it defiles through carrying, just like its ashes.