Commentary for Bava Batra 202:8

תנן התם המוצא מת מושכב כדרכו נוטלו ואת תפוסתו שנים נוטלן ואת תפוסתן

If a corpse is found<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In an area which is not known to be a graveyard and, therefore, Levitically clean. ');">¹⁵</span> lying [in a grave] in the usual manner.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Showing that Israelites had buried it and that death was due to natural causes; and the question, therefore, arises whether that area was not once used as a regular graveyard. In the case of a mutilated corpse or non-Jewish mode of burial, that question does not arise, since it is obvious that the corpse was buried in that spot by mere accident. ');">¹⁶</span> both the corpse and the earth surrounding it are to be removed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the area is to remain Levitically clean. The discovery of one corpse does not establish the area as a graveyard, and the removal of the corpse in the manner prescribed, renders the area again Levitically clean. ');">¹⁷</span> [If] two [corpses, in similar conditions, are found], they and the earth surrounding them are to be removed.

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