Matthew Poole and continuators on Leviticus 11:34

34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh , shall be unclean: And all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel, shall be unclean.

The meaning is, that flesh or herbs or other food which is dressed in water, to wit, in a vessel so polluted, shall be unclean, not so, if it be food which is eaten dry, as bread, fruits, &c. the reason of which difference seems to be this, that the water did sooner receive the pollution in it self, and convey it to the food so dressed.