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Mishnah

Talmud for Bekhorot 4:6

הַנּוֹטֵל שְׂכָרוֹ לָדוּן, דִּינָיו בְּטֵלִים. לְהָעִיד, עֵדוּתָיו בְּטֵלִין. לְהַזּוֹת וּלְקַדֵּשׁ, מֵימָיו מֵי מְעָרָה וְאֶפְרוֹ אֵפֶר מִקְלֶה. אִם הָיָה כֹהֵן וְטִמְּאָהוּ מִתְּרוּמָתוֹ, מַאֲכִילוֹ וּמַשְׁקוֹ וְסָכוֹ. וְאִם הָיָה זָקֵן, מַרְכִּיבוֹ עַל הַחֲמוֹר. וְנוֹתֵן לוֹ שְׂכָרוֹ כַּפּוֹעֵל:

If one takes a fee to judge, one's rulings are invalid. [If one takes a fee] to testify, one's testimony is invalid. [If one takes a fee] to sprinkle [ashes of the red heifer] or to mix [them with water], the water is like cave water and the ashes are the ashes of a regular fire. If a priest was made impure to eat <i>Terumah</i> [by the one who took the fee], one must feed him, give him drink and anoint him. If the person was old, one must transport him on a donkey give him his wages like a worker [idled from his work].

Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin

There, we have stated63Mishnah Bekhorot 4:6, Babli Bekhorot29a, Ketubot 105a, Qiddušin 58b.: “If somebody takes a fee to judge, his judgments64The plural implies that all his judgments are invalid, even those for which he did not take money. are invalid.” So is the Mishnah: “He who is suspected of taking a fee65It takes an action of a supervising authority to invalidate his judgments. but he judges.”
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