Commentary for Shevuot 67:10

איפוך אנא

claim and denial,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In both the oath is the result of a claim and a denial.');">¹⁶</span> past.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In both the oath is in the past ('We did not see you lend money to So-and-so' - testimony. 'You did not deposit anything with me' - deposit) ; but the oath of utterance is mainly concerned with the future ('I swear I shall eat') , for Scripture clearly implies the future: to do evil, or to do good (though according to R. Akiba it is possible to deduce the past also; supra 25a) .');">¹⁷</span>

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