Commentary for Shevuot 97:12

אמר לשואל היכן שורי אמר לו

IF HE KILLED IT OR SOLD IT, HE PAYS FOUR OR FIVE TIMES ITS VALUE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XXI, 37.');">¹⁷</span> IF HE SAW WITNESSES COMING NEARER AND NEARER, AND HE SAID, I DID STEAL IT, BUT I DID NOT KILL OR SELL IT,' HE PAYS ONLY THE PRINCIPAL.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For since he confessed that he stole it (though he confessed only out of fear of the witnesses) , it is a proper confession, and he is exempt from paying double for the theft; and since there is no double, there is no fourfold or fivefold payment (though he denied the selling or killing, and witnesses testified against him that he did steal and kill or sell) ; v. B.K. 75b.');">¹⁸</span> IF HE [THE OWNER] SAID TO THE BORROWER, 'WHERE IS MY OX? ' AND HE REPLIED TO HIM,

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