Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Metzia 115:3

והא נגנבו או שאבדו קתני ושומר שכר בגניבה ואבידה חיובי מיחייב והכא נמי נהי דשלומי לא משלמי אגרייהו מיהא לפסיד

yet they are not credited to them for the following year!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is assumed that the messengers were unpaid, i.e., gratuitous bailees. Though the money was sacred, they had to swear, which contradicts our Mishnah. ');">⁵</span> — Said Samuel: This refers to paid bailees; and they swear in order to receive their fees.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The oath was not imposed in order to free them from further responsibility, there being no responsibility in the case of hekdesh on the part of a paid bailee for theft. They had to swear that the money was not in their possession, and so receive their wages. ');">⁶</span>

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