Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 133:4

אלא אמר אביי לעולם מקרא קמא אם כן ניכתוב רחמנא איש איש כי יהיה טמא לנפש למה לי

What is the greater stringency of a zab over him who is unclean by reason of the dead / - Because uncleanness issues upon him from his own body. On the contrary, he who is unclean by the dead is more stringent, since he requires sprinkling on the third and the seventh [days]? - Scripture saith, [instead of] 'the unclean,' 'and whosoever [kol] is unclean,' to include him who is unclean through a reptile, and a zab is more stringent than he who is unclean through a reptile; and what is his greater stringency? As we have stated. On the contrary, a reptile is more stringent, since it defiles [even] accidentally? I will tell you:<br>

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