Levítico 5:5 Midrash: Sifra & Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition)

1) How so? If five say to another: Come and testify for us that so and so owes us a pledge, a deposit, a theft, and a lost object, and he says: I swear that I have no testimony for you that he owes you a pledge, a deposit, a theft, and a lost object — Whence is it derived that he is liable for each one. From: "for one," etc.

1) ("Or if he find a lost object and deny it, and swear falsely, in one of all [these things] wherein a man sins" [Vayikra 5:22]) And whence is it derived that he (sometimes) brings one (offering) for many things? From "in one."

1) This is the rule: A general (unqualified) statement (e.g., "I swear that I will not drink") requires (only) one offering. A specific (qualified) statement (e.g., "I swear that I will not drink wine and oil and honey) requires an offering for each one. These are the words of R. Meir. R. Yehudah says: If he said: (I have no testimony) "not for you and not for you and not for you," he requires an offering for each one. R. Elazar says: He must say (for separate offerings): "… not for you and not for you and not for you, I swear" — "I swear" must be stated at the end. R. Shimon says: He must say "I swear" for each one. R. Akiva says (on 5:5 "if he be guilty for one of these"): There are among these that for which he is liable and that for which he is not liable, viz.: