Reference for Shevuot 8:5

אָמַר לַשּׁוֹאֵל הֵיכָן שׁוֹרִי, אָמַר לוֹ מֵת, וְהוּא שֶׁנִּשְׁבַּר אוֹ נִשְׁבָּה אוֹ נִגְנַב אוֹ אָבַד. נִשְׁבָּר, וְהוּא שֶׁמֵּת אוֹ נִשְׁבָּה אוֹ נִגְנַב אוֹ אָבַד. נִשְׁבָּה, וְהוּא שֶׁמֵּת אוֹ נִשְׁבַּר אוֹ נִגְנַב אוֹ אָבַד. נִגְנָב, וְהוּא שֶׁמֵּת אוֹ נִשְׁבַּר אוֹ נִשְׁבָּה אוֹ אָבַד. אָבַד, וְהוּא שֶׁמֵּת אוֹ נִשְׁבַּר אוֹ נִשְׁבָּה אוֹ נִגְנַב. מַשְׁבִּיעֲךָ אָנִי, וְאָמַר אָמֵן, פָּטוּר:

If one said to a borrower: "Where is my ox?" And he said: "It died," when, in reality, it had been broken or seized or stolen or lost — "It was broken," when, in reality, it had died or been seized or stolen or lost — "It was seized," when, in reality, it had died or been broken or stolen or lost — "It was stolen," when, in reality, it had died or been broken or seized or lost — "It was lost" — when, in reality, it had died or been broken or seized or stolen — "I beswear you," and he answered: "Amen," he is exempt (from an oath). [For even though he swore falsely he made himself liable to pay, so that there is no denial of money in this oath.]

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