Related%20passage for Shevuot 4:5

מַשְׁבִּיעַ אֲנִי עֲלֵיכֶם אִם לֹא תָבֹאוּ וּתְעִידוּנִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לִי בְיַד פְּלוֹנִי פִּקָּדוֹן וּתְשׂוּמֶת יָד וְגָזֵל וַאֲבֵדָה. שְׁבוּעָה שֶׁאֵין אָנוּ יוֹדְעִין לְךָ עֵדוּת, אֵין חַיָּבִין אֶלָּא אַחַת. שְׁבוּעָה שֶׁאֵין אָנוּ יוֹדְעִין שֶׁיֵּשׁ לְךָ בְיַד פְּלוֹנִי פִּקָּדוֹן וּתְשׂוּמֶת יָד וְגָזֵל וַאֲבֵדָה, חַיָּבִין עַל כָּל אַחַת וְאֶחָת. מַשְׁבִּיעַ אֲנִי עֲלֵיכֶם אִם לֹא תָבֹאוּ וּתְעִידוּנִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לִי בְיַד פְּלוֹנִי פִּקְדוֹן חִטִּין וּשְׂעֹרִין וְכֻסְּמִין. שְׁבוּעָה שֶׁאֵין אָנוּ יוֹדְעִין לְךָ עֵדוּת, אֵין חַיָּבִין אֶלָּא אַחַת. שְׁבוּעָה שֶׁאֵין אָנוּ יוֹדְעִין לְךָ עֵדוּת שֶׁיֵּשׁ לְךָ בְיַד פְּלוֹנִי חִטִּין וּשְׂעֹרִין וְכֻסְּמִין, חַיָּבִין עַל כָּל אַחַת וְאֶחָת:

"I beswear you if you do not come and testify for me that that man owes me a pledge, and tsometh yad (lit., "a placing in the hand") [i.e., a loan, money "placed in another's hand"], and (restoration of) theft, and a lost object" [i.e., He found something that I lost] — (If they say:) "We swear that we do not know any testimony for you," they are liable only for one. (If they say:) "We swear that we do not know that that man owes you a pledge, and a tsometh yad, and theft, and a lost object," they are liable for each one. "I beswear you if you do not come and testify for me that that man owes me a pledge of wheat, barley, and spelt." "We swear that we do not know any testimony for you," they are liable only for one. "We swear that we do not know testimony for you that that man owes you wheat, and barley, and spelt, they are liable for each one. [The former apprises us of one kind (i.e., money) and distinct claims; the latter, of one claim — a pledge — and distinct kinds.]

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