But only in the place that Hashem will choose in one of your tribes — there you shall offer your burnt-offerings and there you shall do all that I command you.
English: “There you shall offer and there you shall do” — R’ Yonah said: He compares “there” to “there.” Just as with the offering up He does not punish unless He has first warned, so with the performing He does not punish unless He has first warned.
On the daf / in context: The parallel language establishes that every act of sacrificial service outside the chosen place requires a prior explicit warning in order for liability to apply.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Sifrei / Yerushalmi) — the necessity of prior warning for liability.
What Is Learned
Liability for performing sacrificial acts outside the chosen place requires a prior explicit prohibition, just as with the act of offering up.