Commentary for Shevuot 82:4
תנן מנה לי בידך אמר לו הן אמר לו אל תתנהו לי אלא בפני עדים למחר אמר לו תנהו לי נתתיו לך חייב מפני שצריך ליתן לו בעדים תיובתא דשמואל
HE SAID TO HIM: 'DO NOT GIVE THEM TO ME EXCEPT BEFORE WITNESSES'; ON THE MORROW HE SAID TO HIM: 'GIVE THEM TO ME'; [AND THE OTHER REPLIED:] 'I HAVE GIVEN THEM TO YOU,' HE IS LIABLE, BECAUSE HE MUST GIVE THEM TO HIM BEFORE WITNESSES. This is a refutation of Samuel!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For Samuel says the borrower may always contend that he did repay him before witnesses, but they have since gone abroad.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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