Related%20passage for Nedarim 2:3

יֵשׁ נֶדֶר בְּתוֹךְ נֶדֶר, וְאֵין שְׁבוּעָה בְּתוֹךְ שְׁבוּעָה. כֵּיצַד, אָמַר הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר אִם אֹכַל, הֲרֵינִי נָזִיר אִם אֹכַל, וְאָכַל, חַיָּב עַל כָּל אַחַת וְאֶחָת. שְׁבוּעָה שֶׁלֹּא אֹכַל, שְׁבוּעָה שֶׁלֹּא אֹכַל, וְאָכַל, אֵינוֹ חַיָּב אֶלָּא אֶחָת:

There is a vow within a vow, but there is no oath within an oath. How so? If he said: "I shall be a Nazirite if I eat; I shall be a Nazirite if I eat," he is liable for each vow. (If he said:) "I swear I shall not eat; I swear I shall not eat," and he ate, he is liable only for one. [He becomes a Nazirite for thirty days if he said: "I shall be a Nazirite," unqualified. And he brings the Nazirite offering, and again becomes a Nazirite according to the number of times that he vowed. And with an oath, he is liable only for one, receiving stripes only once. But if he gains absolution for the first oath, the second stands. And, similarly, if he gains absolution for the second oath, the third stands; and he is not permitted to eat until he is absolved of all. For we did not learn: "It is one oath," but: "He is liable only for one."]

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