Дварим 12:14 Галаха: Mishneh Torah, Positive Mitzvot & Sefer HaChinukh

To offer all sacrifices in the Sanctuary, as it is said, “….and there thou shalt do all that I command thee” (Deut. 12:14).

Not to slaughter consecrated animals outside of the [Temple] yard: Not to sacrifice consecrated animals outside of the [Temple] yard — and that is called “those slaughtered outside” — as it is stated (Leviticus 17:3-4), “that slaughters an ox or sheep or goat, etc. And does not bring it to the opening of the Tent of Meeting, etc., he has shed blood and shall be cut off.” And the warning (negative commandment) does not come to us from this verse, as this verse only expresses the punishment. And it is established for us, [that] He does not punish unless he warned (Sanhedrin 56b). And our Rabbis, may their memory be blessed, said that we learn the warning for this with an inferential comparison, as it is [found] in the Gemara, Zevachim 106a. As there, they, may their memory be blessed, said, “One who slaughters and brings up outside is liable for the slaughter and liable for the bringing up” — the understanding of bringing up is burning with fire. And they challenged there, “Bringing up is fine, the punishment is written, and the warning is written — the punishment, ‘And does not bring it to the opening of the Tent of Meeting [...] and shall be cut off’; the warning, ‘guard yourself lest you bring up your burnt-offering’ (Deuteronomy 12:13), like Rabbi Avin, as Rabbi Avin said, ‘Every place that it is stated, “guard,” “lest” or “not,” it is nothing but a negative commandment’; but slaughter, it is fine that the punishment is written, ‘And to the opening of the Tent of Meeting, etc.,’ but from where is the warning?” And after great effort, they said there that since Scripture states (Deuteronomy 12:14), “there you shall do, and there you shall bring up,” it compares bringing up and doing: Just like bringing up, it punished and warned; so too doing, it punished and warned — and the understanding of doing includes everything, whether slaughter or burning.

Not to sacrifice a sacrifice outside of the [Temple] yard: Not to bring up anything of the sacrifices outside of the [Temple] yard, and this is called offering up outside. And about this is it stated (Deuteronomy 12:13), “Guard yourself, lest you offer up your burnt-offerings in every place” — the understanding of “offering up” is burning. And they said in Sifrei Devarim 70, “This tells me only of burnt-offerings. From where [do I derive the same for] other offerings? [Hence] we learn to say ‘and there shall you do all that I command you’ (Deuteronomy 12:14). But I still would say that burnt-offerings are [subject] to a positive commandment” — as Scripture states, “there shall you offer up [your burnt-offerings],” which implies only a burnt-offering — “and [also to] a negative commandment” — as Scripture states, “Guard yourself, lest you offer up your burnt-offerings,” which implies only a burnt-offering. “But other offerings are subject only to a positive commandment” — meaning to say, that one who sacrifices consecrated things outside would only transgress a positive commandment, as Scripture stated, “and there shall you do,” and not outside; and a negative commandment that comes from the implication of a positive commandment is a positive commandment. “[From where do I know that they are also subject to a negative commandment? Hence] we learn to say ‘there shall you offer up your burnt-offerings.’ Burnt-offerings were included [in all of the offerings]. Why were they singled out? To [serve as the basis for] a comparison, and to say to you: Just as burnt-offerings [are characterized by being subject to] a positive commandment and a negative commandment — so [too,] all [offerings] that are [subject to] a positive commandment, behold they are [also subject to] a negative commandment.” All of its content is like the negative commandment of slaughtering outside that I wrote in Acharei Mot (Sefer HaChinukh 186).