2. What is the case of the oath of deposit? [If] someone said to him, “Give me my deposit that I have in your possession,” [and he replied,] “I swear that you have nothing in my possession”; or he replied, “You have nothing in my possession,” [to which the other said,] “I adjure you,” and he said, “Amen!” —- he is liable. [If] he adjured him five times, either in court or out of court, and he denied [it] —- he is liable for each one. Said R' Shimon: What is the reason? Because he can retract and confess.

[If] five [people] were pressing claims against him, [and] they said to him, “Give us the deposits that we have in your possession,” [to which he replied,] “I swear that you have nothing in my possession” —- he is liable only once. [But if he replied,] “I swear that you have nothing in my possession, nor you nor you” —- he is liable for each one. R' Eliezer says: Not unless he says, “I swear,” at the end. R' Shimon says: Not unless he says, “I swear,” to each one.  [If someone said to him,] “Give me the deposit, the loan, the stolen article, and the lost article that I have in your possession,” [and he replied,] “I swear that you have nothing in my possession” —- he is liable only once. [But if he replied,] “I swear that you have in my possession neither a deposit, a loan, a stolen article nor a lost article” —- he is liable for each one.  [If someone said to him,] “Give me the wheat, barley, and spelt that I have in your possession,” [and he replied,] “I swear that you have nothing in my possession” —- he is liable only once. [But if he replied,] “I swear that you have in my possession neither wheat, barley, nor spelt” —- he is liable for each one. R' Meir says: Even if he says, “A wheat, a barley, and a spelt” —- he is liable for each one. 4. [If someone said to him,] “You violated” or “you seduced my daughter,” and he replied, “I did not violate [her]” or “I did not seduce [her],” [to which he said,] “I adjure you,” and he replied, “Amen!” —- he is liable. R' Shimon exempts [him], since he does not pay a fine by his own admission. They said to him: Although he does not pay a fine by his own admission, he pays the indemnity for shame and impairment by his own admission.

[If someone said to him,] “You violated” or “you seduced my daughter,” and he replied, “I did not violate [her]” or “I did not seduce [her],” [to which he said,] “I adjure you,” and he replied, “Amen!” —- he is liable. R' Shimon exempts [him], since he does not pay a fine by his own admission. They said to him: Although he does not pay a fine by his own admission, he pays the indemnity for shame and impairment by his own admission.

[If someone said to him,] “You stole my ox,” and he replied, “I did not steal [it],” [to which he said,] “I adjure you,” and he replied, “Amen!” —- he is liable. [But if he replied,] “I stole [it], but I did not slaughter [it] and I did not sell [it],” [to which he said,] “I adjure you,” and he replied, “Amen!” —- he is exempt.  [If he said to him,] “Your ox killed my ox,” and he replied, “It did not kill [it],” [to which he said,] “I adjure you,” and he replied, “Amen!” —- he is liable. [But if he claimed,] “Your ox killed my slave,” and he replied, “It did not kill [him]”; “I adjure you,” and he replied, “Amen!” —- he is exempt.  [If] someone said to him, “You injured and wounded me,” and he replied, “I did not injure [you] nor did I wound you,” [to which he said,] “I adjure you,” and he replied, “Amen!” —- he is liable. [But, if] his slave said to him, “You knocked out my tooth,” or “You blinded my eye,” [and he replied,] “I did not knock [it] out,” or “I did not blind [it]”,, [to which he said,] “I adjure you,” and he replied, “Amen!” —- he is exempt. This is the rule: Whoever pays by his own admission —- is liable, but whoever does not pay by his own admission —- is exempt.