Quoting%20commentary for Shevuot 94:3

מיבעי ליה לכדתניא שמעון בן טרפון אומר שבועת ה' תהיה בין שניהם מלמד שהשבועה חלה על שניהם

And Rab and Samuel, how do they expound this [verse]: 'the oath of the Lord etc.'? - They require it for what was taught: Simeon B'Tarfon says: 'The oath of the Lord shall be between them both': this teaches that the oath falls upon both.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even the claimant, though his claim be legitimate, is guilty to some extent for causing an oath to be taken; for he could have had witnesses or a document, when transacting his affair with the defendant, and so have avoided the necessity of imposing an oath on his fellow-suitor; v. supra 39b.');">⁵</span> Simeon B'Tarfon says: Whence do we know that there is a prohibition to the souteneur?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he who is at the heels of the adulterer,' i.e., procures prostitutes for him.');">⁶</span>

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