Commentary for Bava Metzia 8:3
לא לעולם אימא לך שתים חייב והאי דקתני שלש לאפוקי מדר' עקיבא דאמר משיב אבידה הוי ופטור קמ"ל דמודה מקצת הטענה הוי וחייב
[without any figures], the creditor says, it is for five [<i>sela's</i> or <i>denarii</i>], and the debtor says, it is for three, R. Simeon b. Eleazar says: Seeing that [the debtor] has admitted part of the claim, he must take an oath [for the rest]. R. Akiba says: He is only like a restorer of lost [property],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For sela's would really mean two (the minimum number to which the plural could be applied) and if the debtor says 'three' he admits more than there is evidence for. The third sela' is therefore like a restored loss, in connection with which no oath can be imposed (cf. Git., 48b). ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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