Reference for Yevamot 5:6

חָלַץ וְעָשָׂה מַאֲמָר, נָתַן גֵּט וּבָעַל, אוֹ בָעַל וְעָשָׂה מַאֲמָר, וְנָתַן גֵּט וְחָלַץ, אֵין אַחַר חֲלִיצָה כְלוּם, בֵּין בַּתְּחִלָּה, בֵּין בָּאֶמְצַע, בֵּין בַּסּוֹף. וְהַבְּעִילָה, בִּזְמַן שֶׁהִיא בַתְּחִלָּה, אֵין אַחֲרֶיהָ כְלוּם. בָּאֶמְצַע וּבַסּוֹף, יֵשׁ אַחֲרֶיהָ כְלוּם. רַבִּי נְחֶמְיָה אוֹמֵר, אַחַת בְּעִילָה וְאַחַת חֲלִיצָה, בֵּין בַּתְּחִלָּה, בֵּין בָּאֶמְצַע, בֵּין בַּסּוֹף, אֵין אַחֲרֶיהָ כְלוּם:

If he gave her chalitzah and made a ma'amar, or (if he gave her chalitzah and then) gave her a get or cohabited with her, or if he cohabited with her and gave her a ma'amar, or (if he cohabited with her) and then gave her a get or chalitzah — there is nothing after chalitzah [This refers to one yavam and one yevamah. And though this was stated above (5:3), it is re-stated here because of what follows, where a distinction is made between cohabitation and chalitzah. For with chalitzah, whether in the beginning, the middle, or the end, there is nothing after it, whereas with cohabitation, there is nothing after it only when it comes in the beginning. And it also introduces the dispute between R. Nechemiah and the rabbis.] — whether in the beginning, or the middle, [as when he gave a get to one and chalitzah to the other, and then made a ma'amar in the second or in the first; the ma'amar is of no avail, and a get is not required for it], or in the end. [If he gave chalitzah after a ma'amar or a get, there is nothing after it, and it is a bona fide chalitzah. And if he made a ma'amar thereafter, no get is required after it. For chalitzah constitutes divorce though it be a defective chalitzah.] And cohabitation — when it comes at the beginning, there is nothing after it. In the middle [as when he gave a get to one, and cohabited with another, and gave a ma'amar to the third, he is forbidden to her (the third's) kin] and in the end, there is something after it. [If he gave a get to one, and a ma'amar to another, and cohabited with a third, yibum linkage still obtains after this cohabitation; and to send her away, chalitzah is required, a get not sufficing.] R. Nechemiah says: Both cohabitation and chalitzah — both in the beginning, the middle, or the end, there is nothing after it [and she goes out with a get, without chalitzah. And if he betroths the other after cohabitation, his act is meaningless.]

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