Commentary for Parah 8:6

אֵין כְּלִי חֶרֶשׂ מְטַמֵּא חֲבֵרוֹ, אֶלָּא מַשְׁקֶה. נִטְמָא מַשְׁקֶה, טִמְּאַתּוּ. הֲרֵי זֶה אוֹמֵר, מְטַמְּאֶיךָ לֹא טִמְּאוּנִי וְאַתָּה טִמֵּאתָנִי:

An earthenware vessel cannot render its fellow [earthenware vessel] impure, but a liquid [it can render impure]. If a liquid became impure, it makes it [the vessel which holds it] ritually impure. Behold it [is as though the vessel] says [to the liquid]: That which renders you impure [i.e. the other earthenware vessel] does not impurify me, yet you have rendered me impure!"

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