(c) From Modin inward, they are believed concerning earthenware vessels. From Modin outward, they are not believed. How so? If the potter selling the pots came inward of Modin —- regarding the very potter, the very pots, and the very purchasers —- he is believed; [but] if he left, he is not believed.

(d) Tax collectors who entered a house, and likewise thieves who returned utensils [they had stolen], are believed to say: “We did not touch [them].”  (e) In Jerusalem they are believed concerning kodesh [the entire year], and during the festival season [they are believed] even concerning terumah.