## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 65

###### Sifrei Devarim 65:1
[Sifrei Devarim 65:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/65:1)

(דברים יב ח) **לֹא תַעֲשׂוּן כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר אֲנַחְנוּ עֹשִׂים פֹּה הַיּוֹם** – חוֹבָה בְּבֵית עוֹלָמִים וּרְשׁוּת בַּבָּמָה. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **לֹא תַעֲשׂוּן** – צְאוּ וַעֲשׂוּ! מִכָּן אָמְרוּ: (זבחים פי״ד, מ״ד-ח) עַד שֶׁלֹּא הוּקַם הַמִּשְׁכָּן הָיוּ הַבָּמוֹת מֻתָּרוֹת וַעֲבוֹדָה בַּבְּכוֹרוֹת, מִשֶּׁהוּקַם הַמִּשְׁכָּן נֶאֶסְרוּ הַבָּמוֹת וַעֲבוֹדָה בַּכֹּהֲנִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 12:8) "You shall not do as all that we do here today": As long as the *mishkan* (the tabernacle) had not been established, the *bamoth* (individual altars) were permitted, and the (sacrificial) service was performed by the first-born. When the *mishkan* was established, the *bamoth* were forbidden and the service was performed by the Cohanim.


###### Sifrei Devarim 65:2
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בָּאוּ לְגִלְגָּל הוּתְּרוּ הַבָּמוֹת. בָּאוּ לְשִׁילֹה נֶאֶסְרוּ הַבָּמוֹת. בָּאוּ לְנוֹב וְגִבְעוֹן הוּתְּרוּ הַבָּמוֹת. בָּאוּ לִירוּשָׁלִַם נֶאֶסְרוּ הַבָּמוֹת – מִכָּאן וָאֵילָךְ לֹא הוּתְּרוּ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Before they came to Shiloh, the *bamoth* were permitted. After they came to Shiloh, the *bamoth* were forbidden. When they came to Nov and Giveon, the *bamoth* were permitted. When they came to Jerusalem, the *bamoth* were forbidden, and not permitted again, as it is written "You shall not do as all that we do here today":


###### Sifrei Devarim 65:3
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**לֹא תַעֲשׂוּן כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר אֲנַחְנוּ עֹשִׂים פֹּה הַיּוֹם**, הַיּוֹם אָנוּ מְטַלְטְלִים אֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן, הַיּוֹם אָנוּ אֲסוּרִים בַּבָּמָה, מִשֶּׁנָּבוֹא לָאָרֶץ אֵין אָנוּ אֲסוּרִים בַּבָּמָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
We move the *mishkan*. Today, *bamoth* are forbidden to us. When we come to Eretz Yisrael, we do not move the *mishkan* and *bamoth* are permitted to us.


###### Sifrei Devarim 65:4
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רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: יָכוֹל יְהֵא צִבּוּר מַקְרִיב בַּבָּמָה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **אִישׁ**, הַיָּחִיד מַקְרִיב בַּבָּמָה וְאֵין הַצִּבּוּר מַקְרִיב בַּבָּמָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
R. Yehudah says: I might think that the congregation sacrificed on a *bamah*; it is, therefore, written "*a man*, all that is fitting in his eyes" — An individual sacrifices on a *bamah*, but not the congregation.


###### Sifrei Devarim 65:5
[Sifrei Devarim 65:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/65:5)

**אִישׁ כָּל הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו**, כָּל שֶׁנִּדָּר וְנִדָּב קָרֵב בְּבָמַת יָחִיד, וְכָל שֶׁאֵין נִדָּר וְנִדָּב אֵין קָרֵב בְּבָמַת יָחִיד.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"all that is fitting in his eyes": All that is vowed and donated is sacrificed on an individual *bamah*; and all that is not vowed and donated is not sacrificed on an individual *bamah*.


###### Sifrei Devarim 65:6
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רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר: **הַיּוֹם** אָנוּ מַקְרִיבִים חַטָּאוֹת וַאֲשָׁמוֹת, מִשֶּׁנָּבוֹא לָאָרֶץ אֵין אָנוּ מַקְרִיבִים חַטָּאוֹת וַאֲשָׁמוֹת.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The sages say: "here today" we sacrifice sin-offerings and guilt-offerings, but when we come to Eretz Yisrael, we will not sacrifice sin-offerings and guilt-offerings, even upon a great *bamah*.