Halakhah for Shevuot 98:2
היכן שורי אמר לו איני יודע מה אתה סח והוא שמת או נשבר או נשבה או נגנב או נאבד משביעך אני ואמר אמן חייב
IF HE SAID TO A PAID GUARDIAN, OR HIRER''WHERE IS MY OX? ' AND HE REPLIED TO HIM, 'IT DIED,' WHEREAS IT WAS INJURED OR CAPTURED; [OR HE REPLIED,] 'IT WAS INJURED,' WHEREAS IT DIED OR WAS CAPTURED; [OR HE REPLIED,] 'IT WAS CAPTURED,' WHEREAS IT DIED OR WAS INJURED;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A paid guardian and hirer are exempt from payment in any of these cases, therefore they do not bring a guilt-offering, for even if they had admitted the truth they would not have had to pay.');"><sup>3</sup></span> [OR HE REPLIED,] 'IT WAS STOLEN, WHEREAS IT WAS LOST; [OR HE REPLIED,] 'IT WAS LOST,' WHEREAS IT WAS STOLEN;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In these two cases the paid guardian and hirer must pay; they did not therefore, by their oath, wish to avoid payment, and are therefore exempt from a guilt-offering.');"><sup>4</sup></span>