Midrash for Bava Metzia 55:5
עדי אריגה ועדי נפילה תנתן לעדי נפילה דאמרינן זבוני זבנה ומאיניש אחרינא נפל
If two sets of identification marks [are offered by two conflicting claimants], it [the lost article] must be left [in custody].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It cannot be returned to either. Cf. supra 20a: 'It must lie until Elijah comes.' ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
"until your brother inquires concerning it": Would it enter your mind to give it to him without his giving identifying signs? Why, then, is it written "until your brother inquires concerning it"? (The meaning must be, then,) "until you make inquiry concerning your brother" (to ascertain) whether or not he is a deceiver, (this being a possible construction of the words in the Hebrew.)
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