Vayikra 5:1 · unit 11 · Yerushalmi Sanhedrin 3:9

Complete Passuk

וְנֶפֶשׁ כִּי־תֶחֱטָא וְשָׁמְעָה קוֹל אָלָה וְהוּא עֵד אוֹ רָאָה אוֹ יָדָע אִם־לוֹא יַגִּיד וְנָשָׂא עֲוֺנוֹ׃

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Yerushalmi Sanhedrin 3:9.

Core Text — Yerushalmi Sanhedrin 3:9

עֵד אֶחָד שֶׁאָמְרוּ לוֹ הֲרֵי אַתָּה מְקֻבָּל עָלֵינוּ כִּשְׁנַיִם — יָכוֹל יְהֵא חַיָּיב? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״וְהוּא עֵד״ — אֶת שֶׁרָאוּי לְהָעִיד עֵדוּת תּוֹרָה.

A single witness to whom they said “you are accepted by us as two” — might he be liable? Scripture says “and he is a witness” — one who is fit to give Torah-level testimony.

The Yerushalmi excludes party-accepted single-witness arrangements from shevu’as ha-eidus. Only a witness who is fit for Torah-standard testimony falls under the verse’s liability.

What Is Learned: A single witness accepted by the parties as two is not under the korban of shevu’as ha-eidus, because he is not a Torah-qualified pair of witnesses. The verse requires Torah-level testimony.