Commentary for Shevuot 69:16

מאי תלמודא אמר ר"א אם לוא יגיד כתיב אם לו לא יגיד ונשא עונו ואם לאחר לא יגיד פטור:

IF HE SENT BY THE HAND OF HIS SERVANT, etc. Our Sages taught: If he sent by the hand of his servant; or if the defendant said to them, 'I adjure you that if you know any testimony for him you should come and bear testimony for him;' I might think they should be liable, therefore it is said, if he do not tell i then he shall bear his iniquity. How is the deduction made? - R'Eleazar said: It is written: if he tell it not,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Heb. has instead of ; so that we may deduce: .');">¹⁸</span>

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