Zevachim 14:1-2

Zevachim 14:1

If a person burnt the para adumah (red heifer) outside of its designated place, or if he offered the scapegoat (to be sent “to Azazel”) outside, he is not liable based on Leviticus 17:4, “he did not bring it to the door of the Ohel Moed (tent of meeting)." One is not liable because of things that are not qualified to come to the door of the Ohel Moed. (The courtyard of the Temple is analogous to the Ohel Moed.)

Zevachim 14:2

Let’s say that a person offered one of the following outside: an animal that had relations with a woman or a man; one that was designated for idolatrous purposes or worshipped; one that was purchased with wages from prostitution or proceeds from the sale of a dog; a crossbred animal, a treifa (“torn” animal) or one born by a C-section. In all of these cases, one is exempt based on Leviticus 17:4, “before the Mishkan (Tabernacle) of God.” One is not liable because of something that is not fit to come before the Mishkan (or, in our cases, the Temple). If a person offered an animal with a permanent or temporary blemish outside, he is not liable. Rabbi Shimon says that one is not liable in the case of permanently-blemished animals; in the case of temporarily-blemished animals, one violates a prohibition. If one offered pigeons before their time outside or doves after their time outside, he is not liable. Rabbi Shimon says that one is not liable for offering doves after their time outside but one violates a prohibition for offering pigeons before their time outside. If one offers an animal and its offspring or an animal before its time outside, he is not liable; Rabbi Shimon says that he violates a prohibition. The opinion of Rabbi Shimon throughout this mishna is based on his position that one violates a prohibition whenever something ineligible will become eligible in the future, though he does not incur kareis (spiritual excision). The Sages say that when one does not incur kareis, he also does not violate a prohibition.