Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Metzia 115:4

אמר רבה נגנבו בלסטין מזויין אבדו שטבעה ספינתו בים

If so, 'they swear to the treasurers'? Surely they should swear to the townspeople!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The treasurers were not liable for their wages — why swear to them? ');">⁷</span> — Said Rabbah: [It means this:] They swear to the townspeople in the presence of the treasurers, so that they should not be suspected<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The treasurers should not entertain suspicions that the whole matter had been arranged between the messengers and the townspeople acting in collusion to defraud the Temple funds. ');">⁸</span>

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