If] two deaf-mute brothers were married to two deaf-mute sisters, or to two competent sisters, or to two sisters, one a deaf-mute and one competent; or, [if] two deaf-mute sisters were married to two competent brothers, or to two deaf-mute brothers, or to two brothers, one a deaf-mute and one competent —- these [widows] are exempt from chalitzah and from yibum. If they were not related, they should marry, and if they [then] wish to divorce, they may.

[If] two brothers, one a deaf-mute and one a competent, were married to two competent sisters, [and] the deaf-mute husband of the competent [sister] died, what should the competent husband of the [other] competent [sister] do? [Nothing, because] she is released as his wife's sister. [If] the competent husband of the competent [sister] died, what should the deaf-mute husband of the [other] competent [sister] do? He must discharge his wife with a bill of divorce, and his brother's wife is perpetually forbidden.

[If] two competent brothers were married to two sisters, one a deaf-mute and one competent, and the competent husband of the deaf-mute [sister] died, what should the competent husband of the competent [sister] do? [Nothing, because] she is released as his wife's sister. [If] the competent husband of the competent [sister] died, what should the competent husband of the deaf-mute [sister] do? He must discharge his wife with a bill of divorce, and his brother's wife with chalitzah.

 [If] two brothers, one a deaf-mute and one competent, were married to two sisters, one a deaf-mute and one competent, and the deaf-mute husband of the deaf-mute [sister] died, what should the competent husband of the competent [sister] do? [Nothing, because] she is released as his wife's sister. [If] the competent husband of the competent [sister] died, what should the deaf-mute husband of the deaf-mute [sister] do? He must discharge his wife with a bill of divorce, and his brother's wife is perpetually forbidden.