Commentary for Sanhedrin 67:4

מיתיבי למחרת משכימין ובאין המזכה אומר אני המזכה ומזכה אני במקומי המחייב אומר אני המחייב ומחייב אני במקומי המלמד חובה מלמד זכות אבל המלמד זכות אינו יכול לחזור וללמד חובה

as it has been taught: Whence do we learn that if one of the witnesses says, I have a statement to make in his favour, that he is not listened to? — From the verse, But one witness shall not testify.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXXV, 30. I.e., change his testimony even in his favour. ');">⁷</span> And whence do we know that if one of the disciples says, I can argue a point to his disadvantage, that he is not listened to? From the verse, One<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who is not a witness, but a disciple. ');">⁸</span>

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