הַגַּבָּאִין שֶׁנִּכְנְסוּ לְתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת, וְכֵן הַגַּנָּבִים שֶׁהֶחֱזִירוּ אֶת הַכֵּלִים, נֶאֱמָנִין לוֹמַר, לֹא נָגָעְנוּ. וּבִירוּשָׁלַיִם נֶאֱמָנִין עַל הַקֹּדֶשׁ, וּבִשְׁעַת הָרֶגֶל אַף עַל הַתְּרוּמָה:
Colecionadores [judeus, amei ha'aretz, que são designados pelo rei para cobrar impostos de outros judeus], que entraram na casa [para assumir o compromisso] e, igualmente, ladrões, que devolveram [louça de barro] os navios [que roubaram] Acredita-se que eles dizem: "Nós não tocamos neles" [por dentro. Isso, se eles os devolveram em penitência voluntária, mas não por medo.] E em Jerusalém eles crêem em relação ao kodesh. [Acredita-se que todos os utensílios de barro, grandes e pequenos, digam que são limpos para o kodesh; pois eles não fazem fornos (oleiros) em Jerusalém. Por essa razão, eles creram neles e não decretaram contra eles.] E, durante o período do festival, (eles eram cridos) até para terumah, [que está escrito (Juízes 20:11): "E todos os homens de Israel reunidos contra a cidade como um homem, chaverim. " Quando todos estão reunidos, as Escrituras os chamam de "chaverim". E um festival é um momento de reunião.]
Tosefta Chagigah
If tax collectors entered a house and wrote on the outside [that] everything that is in the house is [ritually] pure, they are believed as to the purity of [articles involved in] the purification rite [of the red heifer], but they are not believed about the purity of Terumah, and in Jerusalem they are believed as to the purity of all the consecrated utensils but not about Terumah, and during the season of the pilgrimmage festival, [they are even believed] about Terumah. One who buys utensils from am ha'aretz skilled craftspersons, and one who sells utensils to am ha'aretz skilled craftspersons are believed about the purity of [articles involved in] the purification rite, but are not believed about the purity of Terumah.
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Mishnah Tahorot
If tax collectors entered a house, the house is unclean. If a Gentile was with them they are believed if they say, "we did not enter" but they are not believed if they say "we didn't touch anything." If thieves entered a house, only that part in which the feet of the thieves have stepped is unclean. And what do they cause to be unclean? Food and liquids and open earthenware, but couches and seats and earthenware that have tightly fitting covers remain clean. If a Gentile or a woman was with them, all is unclean.
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