Midrash for Rosh Hashanah 35:6
לא אידי ואידי לאחר גזר דין ולא קשיא כאן בגזר דין שיש עמו שבועה כאן בגזר דין שאין עמו שבועה
and another which says, For though thou wash thee with nitre and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. II, 22.');"><sup>6</sup></span> and does not the one text apply before the final sentence is pronounced and the other after? - No; both apply after the final sentence has been pronounced, yet there is no contradiction; in the one case the final sentence has been accompanied by an oath, in the other it has not been accompanied by an oath. This accords with the dictum of R'Samuel B'Ammi.
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