Tosefta for Terumot 8:5

שִׁעוּר הַמַּיִם הַמְגֻלִּין, כְּדֵי שֶׁתֹּאבַד בָּהֶם הַמָּרָה. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, בְּכֵלִים, כָּל שֶׁהֵן, וּבַקַּרְקָעוֹת, אַרְבָּעִים סְאָה:

The amount of water that may be left uncovered [without being rendered forbidden] is [greater than or equal to] the amount that can neutralize in it the poison. Rabbi Yosi says, in vessels, all [quantities of water are forbidden], and in the ground, forty <i>Se'ah</i> [specific unit of volume, is the minimum quantity of water that may be left uncovered and still be permitted].

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