Commentary for Shevuot 62:10

לא אע"ג דתנן איצטריך ס"ד אמינא הכא הוא דלא כתיב ונעלם דבעינן שוגג דומיא דמזיד אבל התם דכתיב ונעלם אפילו שגגתה כל דהו קמ"ל:

HE SAID TO TWO [PERSONS]: 'COME AND BEAR TESTIMONY FOR ME'; [AND THEY REPLIED:] 'WE SWEAR WE KNOW NO TESTIMONY FOR YOU'; OR THEY SAID TO HIM: 'WE KNOW NO TESTIMONY FOR YOU', [AND HE SAID:] 'I ADJURE YOU', AND THEY SAID, 'AMEN!', THEY ARE LIABLE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If they really knew testimony, and thus swore falsely.');">¹⁹</span> IF HE ADJURED THEM FIVE TIMES OUTSIDE THE BETH DIN,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And they denied knowledge of testimony.');">²⁰</span> AND THEY CAME TO THE BETH DIN, AND ADMITTED [KNOWLEDGE OF TESTIMONY], THEY ARE EXEMPT;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because denial outside the Beth Din does not make them liable.');">²¹</span>

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