Reference for Sukkah 4:10

כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ בְחֹל כָּךְ מַעֲשֵׂהוּ בְשַׁבָּת, אֶלָּא שֶׁהָיָה מְמַלֵּא מֵעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת חָבִית שֶׁל זָהָב שֶׁאֵינָהּ מְקֻדֶּשֶׁת, מִן הַשִּׁלּוֹחַ, וּמַנִּיחָהּ בַּלִּשְׁכָּה. נִשְׁפְּכָה אוֹ נִתְגַּלְּתָה, הָיָה מְמַלֵּא מִן הַכִּיּוֹר, שֶׁהַיַּיִן וְהַמַּיִם הַמְּגֻלִּין, פְּסוּלִים לְגַבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ:

As they did (with the water libation) on a weekday, so they did on Shabbath, but they would fill up (with water) from the Shiloach a golden jug which had not been consecrated [for the service of the altar. For if it (the water) were brought in a consecrated vessel, it would become pasul by remaining overnight. For a ministering vessel consecrates (what is in it), as it is written (Leviticus 30:29): "Everything that touches them shall be consecrated"; and everything which becomes consecrated in itself becomes pasul by remaining overnight.] And they would place it in the lishkah. If it (the water) spilled out or became exposed, they would fill it up from the laver [And even though the laver is likened to a ministering vessel and consecrates its water, it did not become pasul by remaining overnight; for they would sink it in a well in the evening, as stated in Yoma (3:10): "And he also made a muchni for the laver (a wheel to sink it into a well) so that its water not be rendered unfit by standing overnight."], for exposed wine or water are unfit for the altar. [This is the reason that if it were exposed they would fill it up from the laver and not use the water for the libation.]

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