Commentary for Bava Metzia 82:8

ואידך לכדתניא (שמות כב, ז) ונקרב בעל הבית אל האלהים לשבועה אתה אומר לשבועה או אינו אלא לדין נאמרה שליחות יד למטה ונאמרה שליחות יד למעלה מה להלן לשבועה אף כאן לשבועה

[Unlawful] use is stated below;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In connection with a paid bailee: Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; ibid. 10. ');">¹⁵</span> and [unlawful] use is stated above:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In connection with an unpaid bailee: Then the mister of the house should be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hands unto his neighbour's goods. (Ibid. 7.) ');">¹⁶</span> just as there, [the reference is] to an oath, so here too, for an oath [is meant].

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