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רבא אמר: כדרבי יונה, דאמר רבי יונה: אתיא ״שם״–״שם״; מה להלן לא ענש אלא אם כן הזהיר, אף כאן לא ענש אלא אם כן הזהיר.
Rava said: The prohibition can be derived in accordance with the statement of R' Yona, as R' Yona says: It is derived from the verse: “But in the place that YHWH will choose in one of your tribes, there you should offer up your burnt offerings and there you should do all that I command you” (Deuteronomy 12:14), through the juxtaposition of the word “there” in the first part of the verse to the word “there” in the second part of the verse. This serves to juxtapose the offering up, mentioned in the first part, to the sacrifice of an offering, mentioned in the second part, which includes slaughtering it. Accordingly, it teaches that just as there, with regard to offering up, the Torah did not prescribe punishment unless it also prohibited it, so too here, with regard to slaughtering, the Torah did not prescribe punishment unless it also prohibited it. Therefore, even though the Torah does not explicitly state the prohibition, it is evident that it is prohibited.
אשכחן מוקטרי פנים שהעלן לחוץ; מוקטרי חוץ שהעלן לחוץ מנין?
§ The Talmud (106a) states that the source for the liability for offering up outside the Temple is the verse: “Any man…that offers up a burnt offering or sacrifice, and he will not bring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, to sacrifice it to YHWH, and that man should be cut off from his people” (Leviticus 17:8–9). The Talmud asks: We have found that one is liable only for offerings that are fit to be burned inside the Temple courtyard, having been appropriately slaughtered inside the Temple courtyard, which one then offered up outside the courtyard. The verse states: “He will not bring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting,” which indicates that they were fit to be brought to the Temple. From where is it derived that one is also liable with regard to offerings that are unfit and are to be burned outside the Temple as they were unlawfully slaughtered outside the Temple courtyard, that one then offered up outside?