And every open vessel that has no cover fastened around it is unclean.
Torah Temimah: Sifrei — The verse speaks of an earthenware vessel. Or is it of all vessels? Scripture says “and every open vessel” — a vessel that receives impurity through its opening; and which is that? An earthenware vessel.
English: The verse speaks of an earthenware vessel. Or is it of all vessels? Scripture says “and every open vessel” — a vessel that receives impurity through its opening; and which is that? An earthenware vessel.
Identification of the vessel type intended by the verse.
The law of an open vessel becoming impure in a tent of a corpse applies specifically to earthenware vessels, which receive impurity through their interior opening.