Mesorat%20hashas for Sotah 32:20

מה מצינו בכל מקום מכשיר למעלה אף כאן מכשיר למעלה

and 'in a vessel' means that the water must be poured directly into the vessel from the spring!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It must be running water, and not poured from another vessel. ');">¹⁷</span> — As we find that everywhere it is the qualifying element which is on top,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [In the case of a suspected woman, and of a leper, the qualifying elements — i.e., the dust which gives the water of bitterness its efficacy and the blood of the bird — must be placed on top as indicated by the plain meaning of the Scriptural texts: Num. V, 17, and Lev. XIV, 6.] ');">¹⁸</span> so also here<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' With the ashes of the red heifer. ');">¹⁹</span> the qualifying element must be on top.

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