Commentary for Shevuot 88:8

מתני׳ <big><strong>כל</strong></big> הנשבעין שבתורה נשבעין ולא משלמין ואלו נשבעין ונוטלין השכיר והנגזל והנחבל ושכנגדו חשוד על השבועה וחנוני על פנקסו

BUT THESE TAKE AN OATH, AND RECEIVE [PAYMENT]: THE HIRED LABOURER,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Takes an oath that his wages have not been paid.');">¹⁶</span> HE WHO HAS BEEN ROBBED, HE WHO HAS BEEN WOUNDED, HE WHOSE OPPONENT IS SUSPECTED OF TAKING A FALSE OATH,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The debtor, who normally takes the oath, is known to have sworn falsely in the past; so the Court impose the oath on the creditor, and he exacts his money.');">¹⁷</span> AND THE SHOPKEEPER WITH HIS ACCOUNT BOOK.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who has written down in his book the amount he has allowed the other on credit. ,menc vsun');">¹⁸</span>

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