Quoting%20commentary for Shevuot 97:10

היכן שורי ואמר לו נגנב משביעך אני ואמר אמן והעדים מעידים אותו שגנבו משלם תשלומי כפל הודה מעצמו משלם קרן וחומש ואשם

[IF THE OWNER SAID,] 'WHERE IS MY OX? ' AND HE REPLIED TO HIM, 'IT WAS STOLEN;' [AND THE OWNER SAID,] 'I ADJURE YOU, AND HE SAID, 'AMEN;' AND WITNESSES TESTIFIED AGAINST HIM THAT HE HIMSELF STOLE IT, HE PAYS DOUBLE;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' An unpaid guardian who tries to free himself by maintaining that the animal was stolen, whereas he himself had stolen it, pays double (like a thief) ; but if he tries to free himself by maintaining that it was lost (as in the previous clause) , whereas he had himself stolen it, he does not pay double; v. B.K. 63b.');">¹⁴</span> IF HE CONFESSED HIMSELF, HE PAYS THE PRINCIPAL,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But not double, for that is a fine, which is not imposed on his own confession.');">¹⁵</span>

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