Mesorat%20hashas for Nazir 5:1

בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, הֶקְדֵּשׁ טָעוּת הֶקְדֵּשׁ. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, אֵינוֹ הֶקְדֵּשׁ. כֵּיצַד. אָמַר, שׁוֹר שָׁחוֹר שֶׁיֵּצֵא מִבֵּיתִי רִאשׁוֹן הֲרֵי הוּא הֶקְדֵּשׁ, וְיָצָא לָבָן, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים הֶקְדֵּשׁ, וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים אֵינוֹ הֶקְדֵּשׁ:

Beth Shammai say: Hekdesh (consecration) in error is hekdesh, [deriving it from temurah (a substitute), which is hekdesh even in error, it being written (Leviticus 27:10): "And it (the offering) and its substitute shall be holy," "shall be" being expounded to include unwitting substitution along with witting substitution.] And Beth Hillel say: It is not hekdesh. [For we do not derive the beginning of hekdesh — something that does not come from the "power" of hekdesh — from something which comes from the power of hekdesh — from temurah, which is the end of hekdesh, coming from the power of a different thing which was already hekdesh.] How so? If he said: "Let the black ox that leaves my house first be hekdesh," and a white one came out. Beth Shammai say that it is hekdesh, and Beth Hillel say that it is not hekdesh.

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