The oath of the judges [is for] a claim of two silver and an admission of the value of a perutah; but if the admission is not of the same kind as the claim —- he is exempt. How so? [If one claims,] “Two silver of mine are in your possession,” [and the other replies,] “You have in my possession only a perutah” —- he is exempt. [But if he claims,] “Two silver and a perutah of mine are in your possession,” [and the other replies,] “You have in my possession only a perutah” —- he is liable.  [If he claims,] “I have a maneh in your possession,” [and the other replies,] “You have nothing in my possession” —- he is exempt. [But if he claims,] “I have a maneh in your possession,” [and the other replies,] “You have in my possession only fifty dinars” —- he is liable. [If he claims,] “A maneh of my father's is in your possession,” [and the other replies,] “Only fifty dinars of his are in my possession” —- he is exempt, because he is as one who returns a lost object.

“I have a maneh in your possession,” [and] he replied before witnesses, “Yes.” On the next day, [when] he said to him, “Give it to me,” [the other replied,] “I gave it to you” —- he is exempt. [But if he replied,] “You have nothing in my possession” —- he is liable.  “I have a maneh in your possession,” [and] he re-plied, “Yes”; [to which the other responded,] “Do not give it to me except before witnesses.” On the next day, [when] he said to him, “Give it to me,” [the other replied,] “I gave it to you” —- he is liable, because he is required to give it to him with witnesses.

“I have a litra of gold in your possession,” [and the other replies,] “You have in my possession only a litra of silver” —- he is exempt. [But if he claims,] “I have a dinar of gold in your possession,” [and the other replies,] “You have in my possession only a dinar of silver,” or “a trisis,” or “a pundion,” or “a perutah” —- he is liable, because all coins are of one type.  “I have a kor of grain in your possession,” [and the other replies,] “You have in my possession only a lesech of beans” —- he is exempt. [But if he claims,] “I have a kor of produce in your pos-session,” [and the other replies,] “You have in my possession only a lesech of beans” —- he is liable, since beans are included in produce.  [If] he claimed from him wheat, and he admitted to him barley —- he is exempt. But Rabban Gamliel declares [him] liable. [If] one claims jars of oil from another, and he admits to him the jars —- Admon says: Since he has admitted to him a part of the kind of the claim —- he must swear. But the Sages say: The admission is not of the kind of the claim. Said Rabban Gamliel: I see Admon's view.  [If] he claimed from him utensils and land, and he admitted the utensils but denied the land, [or he admitted] the land and denied the utensils —- he is exempt. [If] he admitted part of the land —- he is exempt; part of the utensils —- he is liable, because property which cannot have a lien on it causes [one] to swear concerning property which can have a lien on it.

There is no oath in response to the claim of a deaf-mute, a mentally deranged person, or a minor; and we cannot impose an oath on a minor; but one swears to a minor and about consecrated property.