Reference for Zavim 5:3

מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאָמְרוּ, כֹּל הַנּוֹשֵׂא וְנִשָּׂא עַל גַּבֵּי מִשְׁכָּב, טָהוֹר, חוּץ מִן הָאָדָם. כֹּל הַנּוֹשֵׂא וְנִשָּׂא עַל גַּבֵּי הַנְּבֵלָה, טָהוֹר, חוּץ מִן הַמַּסִּיט. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, אַף הַנּוֹשֵׂא. כֹּל הַנּוֹשֵׂא וְנִשָּׂא עַל גַּבֵּי הַמֵּת, טָהוֹר, חוּץ מִן הַמַּאֲהִיל, וְאָדָם בִּזְמַן שֶׁהוּא מַסִּיט:

[The reason for the previous law] is because, whatever carries or is carried by items which one can lie upon is clean except a person. Whatever carries or is carried by a corpse of an animal is clean, except for one that moves it. Rabbi Eliezer says, also one that carries it. Whatever carries or is carried upon by a [human] corpse is clean except for the one that overshadows it, or a person when he moves it.

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