Mishnayos Taharos Perek 6 Mishnah 4
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טהרות פרק ו׳ משנה ד׳
However many doubts and doubts about doubts that you can multiply, a condition of doubt in a private domain is unclean, and in a public domain it is deemed clean. How so? If a man entered an alley and an unclean object was in the courtyard, and a doubt arose as to whether he entered or did not enter [the courtyard]; Or if an object of uncleanness was in a house and there is doubt whether he entered or not; Or even if he entered, there is doubt whether the uncleanness was there or not; Or even if it was there, there is doubt whether it consisted of the prescribed minimum or not; Or even if it consisted of the prescribed minimum, there is doubt whether it was unclean or clean; Or even if it was unclean, there is doubt whether he touched it or not; Any such condition of doubt is deemed unclean. Rabbi Elazar says: if there is a doubt whether he entered, he is clean, but if there is a doubt whether he touched it, he is unclean.
כֹּל שֶׁאַתָּה יָכוֹל לְרַבּוֹת סְפֵקוֹת וּסְפֵק סְפֵקוֹת, בִּרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד, טָמֵא. בִּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים, טָהוֹר. כֵּיצַד, נִכְנַס לְמָבוֹי וְהַטֻּמְאָה בֶחָצֵר, סָפֵק נִכְנַס סָפֵק לֹא נִכְנַס, טֻמְאָה בַּבַּיִת, סָפֵק נִכְנַס סָפֵק לֹא נִכְנַס, וַאֲפִלּוּ נִכְנַס, סָפֵק הָיְתָה שָׁם סָפֵק לֹא הָיְתָה שָׁם, וַאֲפִלּוּ הָיְתָה שָׁם, סָפֵק שֶׁיֶּשׁ בָּהּ כַּשִּׁעוּר סָפֵק שֶׁאֵין בָּהּ כַּשִּׁעוּר, וַאֲפִלּוּ שֶׁיֶּשׁ בָּהּ, סָפֵק טֻמְאָה סָפֵק טָהֳרָה, וַאֲפִלּוּ טֻמְאָה, סָפֵק נָגַע סָפֵק לֹא נָגַע, סְפֵקוֹ טָמֵא. רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר אוֹמֵר, סְפֵק בִּיאָה, טָהוֹר. סְפֵק מַגַּע טֻמְאָה, טָמֵא:
Bartenura
ספק ביאה טהור. משום דבעינן דומיא דסוטה, דודאי נסתרה אלא דספק נגע ספק לא נגע, דלא ידעינן אם נטמאת, וקרייה רחמנא טמאה, דכתיב (במדבר ד׳) ונסתרה והיא נטמאה. אבל ספק ביאה טהור:
ספק ביאה טהור – because we require something similar to the woman accused of being unfaithful to her husband (i.e., Sotah), for certainly she keeps it secret, but rather if he doubtfully touched it, or doubtful did not touch [the defiling agent], for we don’t know if she was defiled, and the All-Merciful calls her defiled, as it is written (Numbers 5:13): “and she keeps secret the fact that she has defiled herself,” but a case of doubt concerning entry is considered ritually pure.