Quoting%20commentary for Shevuot 66:4

כולה ר' אלעזר בר' שמעון היא וה"ק לא משכחת לה הודה מפי עצמו דפטור אלא היכא דליכא עדים כלל והודה מעצמו:

OR SET FIRE TO MY HAYSTACK ON THE SABBATH,' - THEY ARE EXEMPT.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The witnesses, denying knowledge of testimony, are exempt in all these cases, for they are liable only if by their refusal to testify they cause a monetary loss to the claimant. In the case of 'So-and-so violated another's daughter', they are exempt (though causing monetary loss) because it is not the claimant himself who adjures them.');">⁹</span> <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>The reason [they are exempt] is because [he adjured them:] 'SO-AND-SO IS A PRIEST, OR, SO-AND-SO IS A LEVITE',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The issue is not monetary.');">¹⁰</span> but [if he adjured them:] 'So-and-So owes So-and-So a hundred zuz', they would be liable?

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