כל הראוי ליטמא מדרס מדף לחטאת. בין טמא בין טהור. ואדם כיוצא בו. כל הראוי ליטמא טמא מת בין טמא בין טהור ר' אליעזר אומר אינו מדף. רבי יהושע אומר מדף. וחכמים אומרים הטמא מדף. והטהור אינו מדף:
Any object that is susceptible to midras uncleanness is for the purpose of the hatat waters deemed to have madaf uncleanness, whether it was otherwise unclean or clean. A person too is subject to the same rule. Any object that is susceptible to corpse uncleanness, whether it is otherwise unclean or clean: Rabbi Eliezer says: it does not have madaf uncleanness. Rabbi Joshua says: it has madaf uncleanness; And the sages say: that which was unclean has madaf uncleanness, and that which was clean does not have madaf uncleanness.