מה בְּשִׁשָּׁה דְּבָרִים שָׁוִים שִׁחְרוּרֵי עֲבָדִים לְגִטֵּי נָשִׁים, וּבִשְׁאָר הַדְּבָרִים הֲרֵי הֵם כִּשְׁאָר כָּל הַשְּׁטָרוֹת. וְאֵלּוּ הֵם הַשִּׁשָּׁה:
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פְּסוּלִים בְּעֶרְכָּאוֹת שֶׁל עוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים,
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וּכְשֵׁרִים בְּעֵד כּוּתִי,
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וּצְרִיכִים כְּתִיבָה לְשֵׁם הַמִּשְׁתַּחְרֵר עַצְמוֹ,
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וְאֵין נִכְתָּבִים בִּמְחֻבָּר,
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וְאֵין חוֹתְמִים עֵדֵיהֶם אֶלָּא זֶה בִּפְנֵי זֶה.
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אֶחָד גִּטֵּי נָשִׁים וְאֶחָד שִׁחְרוּרֵי עֲבָדִים שָׁוִים בְּמוֹלִיךְ וּמֵבִיא.
Seif 45
There are six things in where a bill of release given to a slave is equivalent to a bill of divorce. With regard to other matters, a bill of release is equivalent to other legal documents. These are the six:
1) they are not acceptable if prepared by the courts of idolaters;
2) they are acceptable if one witness is a cuthean,
3) they must be written for the sake of the slave who is being freed;
4) they may not be written on an article that is attached to the ground;
5) the witnesses may sign only in the presence of each other; and
6) the same laws apply to a bill of divorce and a bill of release with regard to bringing these legal documents from one place to another.