Commentary for Shevuot 63:13

א"ל רב פפא לאביי אי הכי אימא שבועה גופא בב"ד אין ושלא בבית דין לא

except in the place where, if he would tell [his evidence], the other would be liable to pay money.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The emphasis is on 'tell', 'declare', i.e., before the Beth Din.');">¹⁹</span> Said R'Papa to Abaye: If so, say the oath itself, if [uttered] before the Beth Din, makes him liable, if not before the Beth Din, does not! - That cannot enter our minds, for we learnt: [Scripture says: when he shall be guilty] in one [of these things]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. V, 5.');">²⁰</span>

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