Talmud for Menachot 7:6

מִנַּיִן לָאוֹמֵר הֲרֵי עָלַי תּוֹדָה, לֹא יָבִיא אֶלָּא מִן הַחֻלִּין, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים טז), וְזָבַחְתָּ פֶּסַח לַה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ צֹאן וּבָקָר, וַהֲלֹא אֵין פֶּסַח בָּא אֶלָּא מִן הַכְּבָשִׂים וּמִן הָעִזִּים. אִם כֵּן, לָמָּה נֶאֱמַר צֹאן וּבָקָר. אֶלָּא לְהָקִישׁ כֹּל הַבָּא מִן הַבָּקָר וּמִן הַצֹּאן לַפֶּסַח, מַה הַפֶּסַח, שֶׁהוּא בָא בְחוֹבָה, אֵינוֹ בָא אֶלָּא מִן הַחֻלִּין, אַף כָּל דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא בָא בְחוֹבָה, לֹא יָבֹא אֶלָּא מִן הַחֻלִּין. לְפִיכָךְ, הָאוֹמֵר הֲרֵי עָלַי תּוֹדָה, הֲרֵי עָלַי שְׁלָמִים, הוֹאִיל וְהֵם בָּאִים חוֹבָה, לֹא יָבֹאוּ אֶלָּא מִן הַחֻלִּין. וְהַנְּסָכִים בְּכָל מָקוֹם לֹא יָבֹאוּ אֶלָּא מִן הַחֻלִּין:

From where [do we learn] that [if] one who says "I accept upon myself a thanksgiving sacrifice]", he must bring it from non-sacred money? As it says (Deuteronomy 16:2) "You shall slaughter the Passover offering to the Lord, your God: sheep and cattle". But Passover offerings are only brought from sheep or goats, so why does it say "sheep or cattle"? Rather, it is to connect everything that comes [as a sacrifice] from cattle or sheep to the Passover offering: Just as the Passover offering which comes as an obligation, may come only from non-sacred money, so too anything which comes as an obligation may come only from non-sacred money. Therefore one who says, "I accept upon myself [to bring] a thanksgiving sacrifice or a <i>shelamim</i> [an offering whose various parts are consumed by its owners, the Kohanim and the fire on the altar]", since they come as an obligation, they may come only from non-sacred money. Libations in all cases may come only from non-sacred money.

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