Quoting%20commentary for Shevuot 97:9

היכן שורי אמר לו אבד משביעך אני ואמר אמן והעדים מעידים אותו שאכלו משלם את הקרן הודה מעצמו משלם קרן וחומש ואשם

[IF THE OWNER SAID,] 'WHERE IS MY OX? ' AND HE REPLIED TO HIM, 'I DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU SAY,' WHEREAS IT DIED OR WAS INJURED OR CAPTURED OR STOLEN OR LOST; [AND THE OWNER SAID,] 'I ADJURE YOU,' AND HE SAID, AMEN, HE IS EXEMPT.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For even if he had admitted the truth, he would have been free from payment.');">¹²</span> [IF THE OWNER SAID,] 'WHERE IS MY OX? ' AND HE REPLIED TO HIM, 'IT WAS LOST'; [AND THE OWNER SAID,] 'I ADJURE YOU', AND HE SAID, 'AMEN'; AND WITNESSES TESTIFIED AGAINST HIM THAT HE HAD CONSUMED IT, HE PAYS THE PRINCIPAL; IF HE CONFESSED HIMSELF, HE PAYS THE PRINCIPAL, FIFTH, AND GUILT-OFFERING.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to the law governing oath of deposit; if he confesses, and repents and desires atonement, he pays back the principal, adds a fifth of its value, and brings a guilt-offering: they shall confess their sin . . and he shall make restitution for his guilt in full, and add unto it the fifth part thereof. . besides the ram of the atonement. . (Num. V, 7, 8) .');">¹³</span>

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