ד אָמְרָה הִיא בְּעַצְמָהּ: נִתְקַדַּשְׁתִּי, וְחָזְרָה וְאָמְרָה: פְּנוּיָה אֲנִי; תּוֹךְ כְּדֵי דִּבּוּר, נֶאֱמֶנֶת; לְאַחַר כְּדֵי דִּבּוּר, אֵינָהּ נֶאֱמֶנֶת. וְאִם נוֹתֶנֶת אֲמַתְלָאָה לִדְבָרֶיהָ, שֶׁאָמְרָה כֵּן תְּחִלָּה כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יִקְפְּצוּ עָלֶיהָ אֲנָשִׁים שֶׁאֵינָם מְהֻגָּנִים וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּזֶה, וְרָאִינוּ בִּדְבָרֶיהָ מַמָּשׁ, הֲרֵי זוֹ נֶאֱמֶנֶת. וְאִם לֹא נוֹתֶנֶת אֲמַתְלָאָה, אוֹ שֶׁנָּתְנָה וְאֵין בָּהּ מַמָּשׁ, אֵינָהּ נֶאֱמֶנֶת. וְאִם קִדְּשָׁהּ אַחֵר, הָוֵי סְפֵק קִדּוּשִׁין. לְפִיכָךְ, נוֹתֵן לָהּ גֵּט וְתִהְיֶה אֲסוּרָה עָלָיו וְעַל הַכֹּל, עַד שֶׁיָּבוֹא אֲרוּסָהּ. הַגָּה: וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים דְּכָל זֶה מַיְרֵי בְּאָמְרָה: נִתְקַדַּשְׁתִּי, סְתָם, אֲבָל אָמְרָה: נִתְקַדַּשְׁתִּי לִפְלוֹנִי, שׁוּב אֵינָהּ נֶאֱמֶנֶת לוֹמַר: פְּנוּיָה אֲנִי, דְּלָאו כָּל הֵימֶנָּה לָחוּב לוֹ וּלְהַפְקִיעַ עַצְמָה מִמֶּנּוּ:
4 If she herself says, "I am now consecrated" and then immediately afterwards (in a short period of time called "toch zman dibur") she says, "I am single", she is believed. If she then gives an explanation for saying she was married, for example, so that unreliable people would not make advances towards her, etc. and she had real basis for saying so, she is believed. But if she does not give an explanation, or she gives an explanation but her words have no basis, she is not believed. And if she is consecrated to another, it is considered to be a marriage in doubt. Therefore, if her husband gives her a get (a dicorce), she is forbidden to him and to everyone else, until her first husband comes. According to the Ramah, the case above is true if she makes a general statement, "I am consecrated". But if she says, "I am consecrated to so and so", she is not believed when she says, "I am single", because she halachikly belongs to her husband and she cannot expropriate herself from him.