[If] an agent carries out his assignment, the householder has committed me’ilah; [if the agent] does not carry out his assignment, the agent has committed me’ilah. How so? [If the householder] said to [his agent], “Give meat to the guests,” and [the agent] gave them liver, [or if the householder said, “Give] liver,” and [the agent] gave them meat, the agent has committed me’ilah.  [If the householder] said to [his agent], “Give them each one piece [of meat],” and [the agent] said [to them], “Take two pieces each,” and they took three pieces each, they have all committed me’ilah.  [If the householder] said to [his agent], “Bring me [money] from the alcove,” or “[Bring me money] from the box,” and [the agent] brought [it] to him, even though the householder says, “I only intended [for him to bring it] from this [place] and he brought it from this [other place],” the householder has committed me’ilah. However, if [the householder] said to [his agent], “Bring me [money] from the alcove,” and [the agent] brought it to him from the box, or [the householder said, “Bring it] from the box,” and [the agent] brought it to him from the alcove, the agent has committed me’ilah.

[A householder] sent [consecrated money] with a deaf-mute, a deranged person, or a minor: If they carried out his assign- ment, the householder has committed me’ilah; if they did not carry out his assignment, the storekeeper has committed me’ilah.  [If the householder] sent [the money] with a competent person, and remembered [that the money was consecrated] before [the agent] reached the storekeeper, the store- keeper will have committed me’ilah when he spends the money. What should he do? He takes a perutah or a utensil and says, “The consecrated perutah, wherever it is, is deconsecrated onto this,” since consecrated items can be redeemed with money or with [items that are] worth money.