Commentary for Bava Kamma 50:6

אלא מפץ במת מניין נאמר (ויקרא יא, לב) בגד ועור בשרץ ונאמר (במדבר לא, כ) בגד ועור במת מה בגד ועור האמור בשרץ מפץ טמא בו אף בגד ועור האמור במת מפץ טמא בו

does it not follow that mats which even in the case of <i>zab</i> become defiled,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In accordance with Lev. XV, 4. ');">¹⁶</span> should become defiled by coming in contact with dead reptiles?' But whence the ruling regarding mats<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which are not included among the articles referred to in Num. XXXI, 20. ');">¹⁷</span> kept within the tent of a corpse? — In the case of dead reptiles it is stated <i>raiment or skin</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XI, 32:&nbsp;… whether it be any vessel of wood or raiment or skin&nbsp;… it shall be unclean until the even. ');">¹⁵</span>

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