Vayikra 5:1 · unit 3 · Bava Kamma 56a

Complete Passuk

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

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Bava Kamma 56a.

Sefaria — Bava Kamma 56a
E-Daf · Bava Kamma 56a

Core Text — Bava Kamma 56a

וְהַיּוֹדֵעַ עֵדוּת לַחֲבֵירוֹ וְאֵינוֹ מֵעִיד לוֹ. בְּמַאי עָסְקִינַן? אִילֵימָא בְּבֵי תְרֵי – פְּשִׁיטָא! דְּאוֹרָיְיתָא הוּא – ״אִם לוֹא יַגִּיד, וְנָשָׂא עֲוֹנוֹ״!

One who knows testimony for his fellow and does not testify for him — with what are we dealing? If with two witnesses, it is obvious! It is biblical — “if he does not tell, he shall bear his iniquity.”

The Gemara treats the verse as establishing a Torah-level wrong for withholding known monetary testimony, independent of the formal shevu’ah-korban structure.

What Is Learned: Even without a formal shevu’ah, one who knows monetary testimony and refuses to testify violates the verse’s core demand. The oath intensifies the liability into a korban, but the underlying wrong is already present in the verse.