Commentary for Zevachim 212:19

מה להלן לא ענש אא"כ הזהיר אף כאן לא ענש אא"כ הזהיר

[For] even on the view that you can punish through inferring a minori, you cannot assume a formal prohibition by inferring a minori! - Rather, it is as R'Johanan said [elsewhere]. For R'Johanan said: 'Bringing' is inferred from 'bringing':<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A gezerah shawah between slaughtering and offering up is deduced, based on the fact that 'bringing' is written in connection with both: Slaughtering: What man soever . . that killeth an ox . . and hath not brought it unto the door of the tent of meeting; offering up: Whatsoever man . . that offereth up a burnt-offering or sacrifice, and bringeth it not unto the door of the tent of meeting. - R. Johanan stated this exegesis with respect to another question (v. infra 107a) , but the same applies here.');">²⁴</span> as in the latter case [Scripture] did not prescribe a penalty without formally interdicting, so in the former case [Scripture] did not prescribe a penalty without formally interdicting.

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