Commentary for Shevuot 71:10

בו שבועה דכתיב (במדבר ה, כב) ואמרה האשה אמן אמן

and it is written: But Jonathan heard not when his father adjured the people.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 27; 'cursed be' (of verse 24) is here termed adjuration () .');">¹⁴</span> But perhaps here also he did two things to them; he adjured them, and cursed them! - Is it then written: and arur?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which would have implied that he adjured the people, and also said, 'and cursed be the man . .' Since, however, the verse says: he adjured the people saying, 'Cursed be', this phrase is obviously the form of the adjuration.');">¹⁵</span>

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