by placing them in a vessel. One Sage, R' Eliezer, holds that the designation of a measure of incense larger than an olive-bulk by placing it in a vessel is a significant matter that renders one obligated to burn all the incense that was placed there. Therefore, one who then burned only an olive-bulk of that incense outside the courtyard is exempt. And one Sage, the Rabbis, holds that it is nothing and does not render one obligated to burn all the incense that was placed in the vessel. Therefore, one who then burned an olive-bulk of that incense outside the courtyard is liable.
אמר רבא: השתא למאן דאמר קביעותא דמנא ולא כלום הוא – קבע ששה לפר, ומשך מהן ארבעה והקריבן בחוץ – חייב; שראויין לאיל.
Rava said: Now, according to the one who says that designation by placing in a vessel is nothing, if one designated in a vessel 6 log of wine as a libation to accompany the sacrificing of a bull, which is the required amount, and then removed 4 log from it and brought those 4 log as a libation outside the courtyard, he would be liable, as a libation of 4 log of wine is fit for the sacrificing of a ram (see Numbers 28:14).
קבע ארבעה לאיל, ומשך מהן שלשה והקריבן בחוץ – חייב, שראויין לכבש.
Similarly, if one designated by placing in a vessel 4 log of wine for a libation to accompany the sacrificing of a ram and then removed 3 log of wine from it and brought those 3 log as a libation outside the courtyard, he would be liable, as 3 log of wine is a fit libation for the sacrificing of a lamb (see Numbers 28:14).