Quoting%20commentary for Moed Katan 9:11

ומנין שאם לא יצאו ועשו כל אלו שכל דמים שנשפכו שם מעלה עליהם הכתוב כאילו הם שפכום ת"ל (דברים יט, י) והיה עליך דמים

Is it not meant to include digging? - No; it is to include [other instances] such as are taught [in the following]: 'They [Public Commissioners] go forth to clear the roads of thorns, to mend the broadways and [main] highways and to measure the [ritual] pools; and if any [ritual] pools be found short of forty [cubic] se'ahs of water<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The minimum quantity of natural flowing water, calculated to allow an average person to go in and submerge himself completely. V. Mak., Sonc. ed. p. 13, n. 2.');">⁸</span> they train a continuous flow into it [to ensure] forty se'ahs'.

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