Mesorat%20hashas for Tahorot 3:4

כַּבֵּיצָה אֳכָלִין שֶׁהִנִּיחָן בַּחַמָּה וְנִתְמַעֲטוּ, וְכֵן כַּזַּיִת מִן הַמֵּת, וְכַזַּיִת מִן הַנְּבֵלָה, וְכָעֲדָשָׁה מִן הַשֶּׁרֶץ, כַּזַּיִת פִּגּוּל, כַּזַּיִת נוֹתָר, כַּזַּיִת חֵלֶב, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ טְהוֹרִים, וְאֵין חַיָּבִין עֲלֵיהֶן מִשּׁוּם פִּגּוּל, נוֹתָר וְטָמֵא. הִנִּיחָן בַּגְּשָׁמִים וְנִתְפְּחוּ, טְמֵאִין, וְחַיָּבִין עֲלֵיהֶם מִשּׁוּם פִּגּוּל, נוֹתָר וְטָמֵא:

The equivalent [in volume] of an egg of [impure] foods which one placed in the sun and they shrank, and similarly the equivalent of an egg [in volume] of a dead body, or the equivalent of an egg [in volume] of an animal carcass, or the equivalent of a lentil [in volume] of a vermin, or the equivalent of an olive of <i>pigul</i> [any sacrifice about which the priest bringing it had any invalidating intention], or the equivalent of an olive of remainders [leftover sacrifices left past their designated time, which then become forbidden for eating], or the equivalent of an olive of forbidden fats, [if one placed any of these in the sun and they shrunk to less than their initial measure,] these things [the impure foods, the body, the carcass, and the vermin, all of which were impure] are pure, and these [the final three items on the list], one is not subject to liability on account of them, not for <i>pigul</i>, nor for remainders, nor for [eating] forbidden fats [literally: for impurity]. If one placed them in the rain and they swelled [back to their original full measure], they are impure, and one is subject to liability on account of them for <i>pigul</i>, for remainders, and for [eating] forbidden fats [literally: for impurity].

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