Mesorat%20hashas for Shevuot 4:11

אָמַר לִשְׁנַיִם, מַשְׁבִּיעַ אֲנִי עֲלֵיכֶם אִישׁ פְּלוֹנִי וּפְלוֹנִי, שֶׁאִם אַתֶּם יוֹדְעִין לִי עֵדוּת שֶׁתָּבֹאוּ וּתְעִידוּנִי, שְׁבוּעָה שֶׁאֵין אָנוּ יוֹדְעִין לְךָ עֵדוּת, וְהֵם יוֹדְעִין לוֹ עֵדוּת עֵד מִפִּי עֵד אוֹ שֶׁהָיָה אֶחָד מֵהֶן קָרוֹב אוֹ פָסוּל, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ פְטוּרִין:

If he said to two: "I beswear you and you, if you know testimony for me, that you come and testify for me." (They:) "We swear that we do not know testimony for you" — and they do know testimony for him, one witness by way of another — or if one of them were kin or pasul (unfit to testify) — they are not liable. [For if they did testify, their testimony would avail him naught.]

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