Manoah Offered on the Rock as a Ruling for the Hour

Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 69:2

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"And Manoah took the kid with the meal offering, and offered it upon the rock" (Judges 13:19). It works well for the one who says that at Shiloh the high places were not forbidden, this is fine. But according to the one who says that at Shiloh they were forbidden, what is the meaning of "And Manoah took" and offered upon a rock outside the sanctuary? It was a ruling for the hour [a one-time directive permitted by Heaven for that moment].

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