Commentary for Shevuot 69:25
אלא אמר אביי ה"ק משביע אני עליכם בשבועה מצוה אני עליכם בשבועה אוסרכם אני בשבועה כובלכם אני בשבועה:
SMITE YOU'; OR 'GOD SMITE YOU';<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [If you do not come to testify for me. According to var. lec. given in previous note: or 'Thus may God smite you.' I.e., having heard some one reading the curses in Deut. XXVIII, he says, 'Thus may God smite you if you do not come to testify for me.']');"><sup>31</sup></span> THESE ARE THE CURSES WRITTEN IN THE TORAH.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXVIII, 22; e.g., 'The Lord smite you with consumption if you do not bear testimony for me'.');"><sup>32</sup></span>
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