Reference for Eruvin 208:6

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> שרץ שנמצא במקדש כהן מוציאו בהמיינו שלא לשהות את הטומאה דברי רבי יוחנן בן ברוקה רבי יהודה אומר בצבת של עץ שלא לרבות את הטומאה

<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>IF A [DEAD] CREEPING THING WAS FOUND IN THE TEMPLE,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the Sabbath, when it is forbidden under the laws of shebuth to handle a dead creeping thing.');">¹¹</span> A PRIEST SHOULD CARRY IT OUT<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the Sabbath, when it is forbidden under the laws of shebuth to handle a dead creeping thing.');">¹¹</span> IN HIS GIRDLE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But not with his bare hand, in order to avoid direct contact with the creeping thing and the latter's consequent conveyance of levitical uncleanness to the priest's body. Carrying alone, in the absence of direct contact, does not cause uncleanness and the girdle, though it contracts a certain degree of uncleanness (first grade) from the creeping thing, cannot carry any uncleanness to the priest's body since no degree lower than that of primary uncleanness can affect the levitical cleanness of a human being.');">¹²</span>

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