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אֶחָד שְׂכַר אָדָם וְאֶחָד שְׂכַר בְּהֵמָה וְאֶחָד שְׂכַר כֵּלִים, יֶשׁ בּוֹ מִשּׁוּם (דברים כד) בְּיוֹמוֹ תִתֵּן שְׂכָרוֹ, וְיֶשׁ בּוֹ מִשּׁוּם (ויקרא יט) לֹא תָלִין פְּעֻלַּת שָׂכִיר אִתְּךָ עַד בֹּקֶר. אֵימָתַי, בִּזְמַן שֶׁתְּבָעוֹ, לֹא תְבָעוֹ, אֵינוֹ עוֹבֵר עָלָיו. הִמְחָהוּ אֵצֶל חֶנְוָנִי אוֹ אֵצֶל שֻׁלְחָנִי, אֵינוֹ עוֹבֵר עָלָיו. שָׂכִיר, בִּזְמַנּוֹ נִשְׁבָּע וְנוֹטֵל, עָבַר זְמַנּוֹ אֵינוֹ נִשְׁבָּע וְנוֹטֵל. אִם יֵשׁ עֵדִים שֶׁתְּבָעוֹ, הֲרֵי זֶה נִשְׁבָּע וְנוֹטֵל. גֵּר תּוֹשָׁב יֶשׁ בּוֹ מִשּׁוּם בְּיוֹמוֹ תִתֵּן שְׂכָרוֹ, וְאֵין בּוֹ מִשּׁוּם לֹא תָלִין פְּעֻלַּת שָׂכִיר אִתְּךָ עַד בֹּקֶר:

Both the hire of a man, the hire of a beast, and the hire of vessels are subsumed in (Deuteronomy 24:15): "In his (or its) day shall you give his (or its) hire," and in (Leviticus 19:13): "There shall not abide the work of what is hired with you until morning" [ — everything whose work is with you, even beast and vessels.] When is this so? (that he transgresses) When he claims (his wage). If he does not claim, he does not transgress, [it being written: "with you" (i.e., when the "abiding" is) by your will, and against his.] If he "diverted" him [from himself] to a shopkeeper, [saying: "Give this worker fruit for a dinar and I will pay"], or to a money changer, [telling him: "Give him a dinar in currency"], he does not transgress, [it being written: "with you," and not if he is diverted to a shopkeeper.] A hired laborer (who claims his wage) in his (appointed) time, swears and takes. [Because the employer is busy with his workers and sometimes thinks that he has given when he has not, they "took" the oath from him and imposed it on the laborer.] If the time has passed, he does not swear and take. [Even though the employer is busy with his workers, when the time of indebtedness arrives, it "weighs" upon him and he remembers, and the employer is not suspect of transgressing "There shall not abide."] If there are witnesses that he claimed (and was not paid), he swears and takes. A ger-toshav [someone (a non-Jew) who took it upon himself not to serve idolatry, and who eats carrion] is subsumed in "In his day shall you give his wage," but not in "There shall not abide the wages of a hired man with you until the morning," [the verse beginning "Do not oppress your fellow" — your fellow (Jew), and not a ger-toshav.]

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