Mesorat%20hashas for Shevuot 4:12

שִׁלַּח בְּיַד עַבְדּוֹ, אוֹ שֶׁאָמַר לָהֶן הַנִּתְבָּע מַשְׁבִּיעַ אֲנִי עֲלֵיכֶם שֶׁאִם אַתֶּם יוֹדְעִין לוֹ עֵדוּת שֶׁתָּבֹאוּ וּתְעִידוּהוּ, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ פְטוּרִין עַד שֶׁיִּשְׁמְעוּ מִפִּי הַתּוֹבֵעַ:

If one sent his servant (to make his claim) or if the claimee said to them: "I beswear you that if you know testimony for him you come and testify for him," they are not liable, until they hear it from the mouth of the claimant, [it being written (Leviticus 5:1): "if he does not (lo) tell," (lamed, vav, aleph) to be expounded: If to him (lamed vav), i.e., to the claimant, he does not (lamed aleph) tell, then he shall bear his sin. But if he does not tell another, he is not liable.]

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