Commentary for Shevuot 69:5

אמר לשנים משביע אני עליכם איש פלוני ופלוני שאם אתם יודעין לי עדות שתבואו ותעידוני שבועה שאין אנו יודעין לך עדות והם יודעין לו עדות עד מפי עד או שהיה אחד מהן קרוב או פסול הרי אלו פטורין

OR IF ONE OF THEM WAS A RELATIVE OR [OTHERWISE] INELIGIBLE [AS A WITNESS], THEY ARE EXEMPT.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even if there were three witnesses, and only one was ineligible. Though there are two eligible witnesses left, they are also exempt, because as soon as one of the original three is found to be ineligible, the testimony of the other two is inadmissible; v. Tosaf.');">⁸</span> IF HE SENT BY THE HAND OF HIS SERVANT;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He sent his servant to adjure them.');">⁹</span>

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