Commentary for Shevuot 73:15

ת"ש היו שתי כתי עדים כפרה הראשונה ואחר כך כפרה השניה שתיהן חייבות מפני שיכולה עדות להתקיים בשתיהן בשלמא שניה תחייב דהא כפרה לה כת ראשונה אלא ראשונה אמאי מיחייבא

"&gt; Come and hear: He is not liable for its unwitting transgression; and to what is he liable for its wilful transgression? A guilt offering of [the value of] two silver shekels. Does it not mean wilful transgression [after warning by] witnesses?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Yet he is liable to bring an offering. This is opposed to Rabbah's view that where there is denial of money for which there are witnesses, he does not bring an offering.');">⁴³</span> - No! [It may mean] wilful transgression on his own account.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And there are no witnesses.');">⁴⁴</span> Come and hear: If there were two sets of witnesses, and the first denied, and then the second denied, they are both liable, because the testimony could be upheld by [either of] the two.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 31b.');">⁴⁵</span> Now granted, the second set should be liable, for the first set have denied;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the claim now depends entirely on the evidence of the second set.');">⁴⁶</span> but the first set - why should they be liable?

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