[If one said,] ‘‘I take upon myself [to bring] an olah’’ — he brings a lamb. R’ Elazar ben Azariah says: Either a pigeon or a young dove. ‘‘I specified from cattle but I do not know what I specified’’ — he must bring a bull and a calf. ‘‘From animals, but I do not know what I specified’’ — he must bring a bull and a calf, a ram, a kid, and a lamb. ‘‘I specified, but I do not know what I specified’’ — he adds to them a pigeon and a young dove.

"I take upon myself [to bring] a todah offering’’ or ‘‘a shelamim-offering’’ — he brings a lamb. "I specified from cattle, but I do not know what I specified’’ — he must bring a bull and a cow, and a male calf and a female calf. ‘‘From animals, but I do not know what I specified’’ — he must bring a bull and a cow, a male calf and a female calf, a ram and a ewe, a male kid and a female kid, a male goat and a female goat, a male lamb and a female lamb.

[If he said,] ‘‘I take upon myself [to bring] an ox’’ — he must bring it and its libation offering for a maneh. ‘‘A calf’’ — he must bring it and its libation offering for five; ‘‘a ram’’ — he must bring it and its libation offering for two; ‘‘a lamb’’ — he must bring it and its libation offering for a selah. [If he said,] ‘‘An ox for a maneh’’ — he must bring it for a maneh besides its libation offering. ‘‘A calf for five’’ — he must bring it for five besides its libation offering. ‘‘A ram for two’’ — he must bring it for two besides its libation offering. ‘‘A lamb for a selah’’ — he must bring it for a selah besides its libation offering. [If he said,] ‘‘An ox for a maneh’’ — and he brought two for a maneh, he has not fulfilled his obligation; even if each is for a maneh less a dinar. ‘‘Black’’ — and he brought a white [one]; [or] ‘‘white’’ — and he brought a black [one]; ‘‘large’’ — and he brought a small [one], he has not fulfilled his obligation. ‘‘Small’’ — and he brought a large [one], he has fulfilled his obligation. Rebbi says: He has not fulfilled his obligation.

[If he said,] ‘‘This ox shall be an olah-offering,’’ and it became blemished, if he wishes he may bring two for its money. ‘‘These two oxen shall be an olah-offering,’’ and they became blemished, if he wishes he may bring one with their money. Rebbi prohibits [it]. ‘This ram shall be an olah-offering,’’ and it became blemished, if he wishes he may bring a lamb with the money. ‘‘This lamb shall be an olah-offering,’’ and it became blemished, if he wishes he may bring a ram with its money. Rebbi prohibits [it]. If one said, ‘‘One of my lambs shall be consecrated,’’ [or] ‘‘one of my oxen shall be consecrated’’ — [if] he had two, the larger of them is consecrated. [If he had] three, the middle one of them is consecrated. [If he said,] ‘‘I specified, but I do not know which I specified,’’ or he said, ‘‘My father told me, but I do not know which’’ — the largest of them is consecrated.