משנה: לֹא הָיָה סִיקָרִיקִין בִּיהוּדָה בַּהֲרוּגֵי הַמִּלְחָמָה. מֵהֲרוּגֵי הַמִּלְחָמָה וְאֵילָךְ יֵשׁ בָּהּ סִיקָרִיקִין. כֵּיצַד. לָקַח מִסִּיקָרִיקִין וְחָזַר וְלָקַח מִבַּעַל הַבַּיִת מִקְחוֹ בָטֵל. מִבַּעַל הַבַּיִת וְחָזַר וְלָקַח מִסִּיקָרִיקִין מִקְחוֹ קַיָים. לָקַח מִן הָאִישׁ וְחָזַר וְלָקַח מִן הָאִשָּׁה מִקְחוֹ בָטֵל מִן הָאִשָּׁה וְחָזַר וְלָקַח מִן הָאִישׁ מִקְחוֹ קַיָים. זוֹ מִשְׁנָה רִאשׁוֹנָה. בֵּית דִּין שֶׁלְּאַחֲרֵיהֶן אָמְרוּ נוֹתֵן לַבְּעָלִים רְבִיעַ. אֵימָתַי. בִּזְמַן שֶׁאֵין בְּיָדָן לִיקַּח אֲבָל יֵשׁ בְּיָדָן לִיקַּח הֶן קוֹדְמִין לְכָל אָדָם. רִבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ הוֹשִיב בֵּית דִּין וְנִמְנוּ שֶׁאִם שָׁהֲתָ בִּפְנֵי הַסִּיקָּרִיקִין שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר חוֹדֶשׁ כָּל הַקּוֹדֵם לִיקַּח יִקַּח וְנוֹתֵן לַבְּעָלִים רְבִיעַ.
MISHNAH: There was no law of siqarii in Judea for those killed in the war. After those killed in the war there was a law of siqarii. How is this? If one bought from a siqarius and afterwards from the original owner, his acquisition is void; from the original owner and afterwards from the siqarius, his acquisition is valid. If one bought from a husband and afterwards from the wife, his acquisition is void; from the wife and afterwards from the husband, his acquisition is valid. This is the earlier Mishnah; a later court said that he who buys from a siqarius gives a quarter to the original owner. When is this? If they have no means to buy, but if they have the means to buy, they precede everybody else. Rebbi (Joshua) assembled a court who voted that if it was in the siqarius’s hand for twelve months, any who wants to buy shall buy and give a quarter to the original owner.