Mesorat%20hashas for Shevuot 4:7

מַשְׁבִּיעַ אֲנִי עֲלֵיכֶם אִם לֹא תָבֹאוּ וּתְעִידוּנִי שֶׁאֲנִי כֹהֵן, שֶׁאֲנִי לֵוִי, שֶׁאֵינִי בֶן גְּרוּשָׁה, שֶׁאֵינִי בֶן חֲלוּצָה, שֶׁאִישׁ פְּלוֹנִי כֹהֵן, שֶׁאִישׁ פְּלוֹנִי לֵוִי, שֶׁאֵינוֹ בֶן גְּרוּשָׁה, שֶׁאֵינוֹ בֶן חֲלוּצָה, שֶׁאָנַס אִישׁ פְּלוֹנִי אֶת בִּתּוֹ, וּפִתָּה אֶת בִּתּוֹ, וְשֶׁחָבַל בִּי בְנִי, וְשֶׁחָבַל בִּי חֲבֵרִי, וְשֶׁהִדְלִיק גְּדִישִׁי בְשַׁבָּת, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ פְטוּרִין:

"I beswear you if you do not come and testify for me that I am a Cohein, that I am a Levite, that I am not the son of a divorcée, that I am not the son of a chalutzah, that that man is a Cohein, that that man is a Levite, that he is not the son of a divorcée, that he is not the son of a chalutzah," [they are not liable. For the witnesses are not liable unless they deny (knowing testimony) concerning something involving a monetary claim.], "that that man ravished or seduced that man's daughter" ["his daughter" refers to "that man is a Cohein, etc." (above). Or it may refer to the daughter of the man spoken of until now. They are not liable because it is necessary that they (the witnesses) hear it from the claimant. The Gemara construes this as an instance of one's coming with power of attorney (harsha'ah). If it were a claim for other monies, they would be liable. We are here apprised that the one granted the harsha'ah is not regarded as the claimant himself here as he generally is. For since the monies being claimed were never in his (the claimant's) hand, he cannot write a harsha'ah upon them.], "that my son wounded me" [They are not liable, for if they testified, he would be liable to death and not to monetary payment], or "that my neighbor wounded me or set fire to my sheaves on Shabbath," they are not liable [For both are liable to death and not to monetary payment.]

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