Mesorat%20hashas for Parah 8:3

הַשּׂוֹרֵף פָּרָה, וּפָרִים, וְהַמְשַׁלֵּחַ אֶת הַשָּׂעִיר, מְטַמֵּא בְגָדִים. פָּרָה וּפָרִים וְשָׂעִיר הַמִּשְׁתַּלֵּחַ עַצְמָן אֵין מְטַמְּאִין בְּגָדִים. הֲרֵי זֶה אוֹמֵר, מְטַמְּאֶיךָ לֹא טִמְּאוּנִי וְאַתָּה טִמֵּאתָנִי:

The person who burns the red cow (of Numbers 19:1–22) or the bulls (that are burned pursuant to Leviticus 4:3–21 or 16:27) and the person who leads away the scapegoat (pursuant to Leviticus 16:7-10 and 26) render clothes [that they wear while so doing] unclean. The red cow, the bulls, and the scapegoat do not themselves render clothes [with which they come in contact] unclean. This one [the clothing] says [to the person]: “Those that render you unclean do not render me unclean, but you render me unclean.”

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