Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Kamma 218:2

אמר רבא הכא במאי עסקינן כשגזל את הגר ונשבע לו ומת הגר והודה לאחר מיתה דבעידנא דאודי קנאו השם ונתנו לכהנים

should be made to the priests<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For since the proselyte died without leaving legal issue, why should the robber not acquire title to the payment due for the robbery which is in his possession. ');">³</span> as ordained in the Divine Law? — Said Raba: We are dealing here with a case where one robbed a proselyte and [falsely] denied to him on oath [that he had done so], and the proselyte having died the robber confessed subsequently, on the proselyte's death,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For if the confession was made prior to his death the amount to be paid would have become a liability as a debt upon the robber and would thus become remitted through the subsequent death of the proselyte; cf. supra p. 283. ');">⁴</span>

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