Translation:Mishnah/Seder Nezikin/Tractate Bava Kamma/Chapter 9/5

Introduction

Mishnah 9:5 begins a series of Mishnayot interpreting Leviticus 5:21–26 and Numbers 5:6–8.

Hebrew Text

הגוזל את חברו שוה פרוטה
ונשבע לו,
יוליכנו אחריו אפלו למדי.

לא יתן לא לבנו
ולא לשלוחו,
אבל נותן לשליח בית דין.

ואם מת,
יחזיר ליורשיו.

English Translation

If one stole from another something worth a perutah
And [nonetheless] swore [that he did not do so],
He must take it to him [even if he needs to go as far as] to Media.

He may give it neither to his son
Nor to his agent,
But he may give it to an agent of the court.

If [the victim] died,
[The thief] must restore it to his heirs.

Explanation

In the Babylonian Talmud, the discussion of Mishnah Bava Kamma 9:5 begins on Babylonian Talmud Bava Kamma 103a.