Commentary for Shevuot 69:6

שלח ביד עבדו או שאמר להן הנתבע משביע אני עליכם שאם אתם יודעין לו עדות שתבואו ותעידוהו הרי אלו פטורין עד שישמעו מפי התובע:

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;' THEY ARE EXEMPT, [BEING LIABLE ONLY] WHEN THEY HEAR [THE ADJURATION] FROM THE MOUTH OF THE CLAIMANT. <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>Our Rabbis taught; [If a man says,] 'I adjure you that you come and bear testimony for me that So-and-So promised to give me two hundred zuz, and did not give me'; I might think they should be liable, therefore it is said: [If any one] sin,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. V, 1.');">¹⁰</span>

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