Mishnayos Zevachim Perek 14 Mishnah 8
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When the Jewish people arrived at Jerusalem and built the Temple during the reign of Solomon, private altars were prohibited, and private altars did not have a subsequent period when they were permitted. And the Temple in Jerusalem was characterized as “inheritance” in the verse: “For you have not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God has given you.” Offerings of the most sacred order were then eaten within the curtains, i.e., in the Temple courtyard, and offerings of lesser sanctity and second tithe were eaten within the walls of the city, whose legal status was that of the Israelite camp in the wilderness.
בָּאוּ לִירוּשָׁלַיִם, נֶאֶסְרוּ הַבָּמוֹת, וְלֹא הָיָה לָהֶם עוֹד הֶתֵּר, וְהִיא הָיְתָה נַחֲלָה. קָדְשֵׁי קָדָשִׁים, נֶאֱכָלִים לִפְנִים מִן הַקְּלָעִים, קָדָשִׁים קַלִּים וּמַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי, לִפְנִים מִן הַחוֹמָה:
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והיא היתה נחלה. האמורה בתורה כי לא באתם עד עתה אל המנוחה ואל הנחלה, דמשמע משתבואו אל הנחלה יאסרו הבמות:
והיא היתה נחלה – that is stated in the Torah (Deuteronomy 12:9): “because you have not yet come to the allotted haven,” that implies that when they would come to the “allotted haven,” the improvised altars would be prohibited.