Commentary for Parah 8:4

הָאוֹכֵל מִנִּבְלַת הָעוֹף הַטָּהוֹר וְהִיא בְּבֵית הַבְּלִיעָה, מְטַמֵּא בְגָדִים. הַנְּבֵלָה עַצְמָהּ אֵינָהּ מְטַמְּאָה בְגָדִים. הֲרֵי זֶה אוֹמֵר, מְטַמְּאֶיךָ לֹא טִמְּאוּנִי, וְאַתָּה טִמֵּאתָנִי:

One who eats from the unslaughtered corpse of a kosher bird and it [the meat] is in his throat, the clothing [he is wearing] becomes impure. The corpse itself does not make the clothing impure [through contact]. Behold it [is as though the clothing] says [to the person]: That which renders you impure [i.e. the corpse] does not impurify me, yet you have rendered me impure!"

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