Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Halakhah for Shevuot 98:4

מת או נשבר או נשבה והוא שנגנב או אבד משביעך אני ואמר אמן חייב אבד או נגנב והוא שמת או נשבר או נשבה משביעך אני ואמר אמן פטור

AND HE SAID, 'AMEN,' HE IS LIABLE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For he desired to evade payment by his oath, whereas if he admitted the truth he would have had to pay; therefore he brings a guilt-offering.');"><sup>5</sup></span> [IF HE REPLIED,] 'IT WAS LOST,' OR, 'IT WAS STOLEN,' WHEREAS IT DIED OR WAS INJURED OR CAPTURED; [AND THE OWNER SAID,] 'I ADJURE YOU,' AND HE SAID, 'AMEN,' HE IS EXEMPT.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For by his oath he is making himself liable to pay, whereas in reality (since it died, etc.) he would have been exempt; he is therefore exempt from a guilt-offering.');"><sup>6</sup></span>

Sefer HaMitzvot

That is that He commanded us about the law of the [paid guardian] and the renter - since the law of the two of them is the same, as they explained and said (Shevuot 49b), "There are three laws for four [categories of] guardians." And that is His, may He be exalted, saying, "When a man gives to his fellow, etc." (Exodus 22:9). And all the regulations of this commandment have already been explained in Chapter 6 and 8 of [Bava] Kamma, 8 of [Bava] Metzia and 8 of Shevuot. (See Parashat Mishpatim; Mishneh Torah, Borrowing and Deposit 1-5.)
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