Mishnayos Megillah Perek 1 Mishnah 10
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מגילה פרק א׳ משנה י׳
The difference between a great, public altar, such as the altars established at Nob and Gibeon, which served as religious centers following the destruction of the Tabernacle in Shiloh, and a small, personal altar on which individuals would sacrifice their offerings, is only with regard to Paschal lambs, which may not be sacrificed on a small altar. This is the principle: Any offering that is vowed or contributed voluntarily is sacrificed on a small altar, and any offering that is neither vowed nor contributed voluntarily, but rather is compulsory, e.g., a sin-offering, is not sacrificed on a small altar.
אֵין בֵּין בָּמָה גְדוֹלָה לְבָמָה קְטַנָּה אֶלָּא פְסָחִים. זֶה הַכְּלָל, כָּל שֶׁהוּא נִדָּר וְנִדָּב, קָרֵב בַּבָּמָה. וְכֹל שֶׁאֵינוֹ לֹא נִדָּר וְלֹא נִדָּב, אֵינוֹ קָרֵב בַּבָּמָה:
Bartenura
אין בין במה גדולה. בשעת היתר הבמות מיירי. במה גדולה היא במת צבור שהיתה בנוב וגבעון:
לבמה קטנה. של כל יחיד ויחיד, שכל אחד היה עושה במה לעצמו:
אלא פסחים. וכל שהוא כעין פסחים, דהיינו החובות שקבוע להן זמן כפסח, כגון תמידים ומוספים. אבל חובות שאין קבוע להם זמן כגון פר העלם דבר של צבור ושעירי עבודה זרה, אף בבמה גדולה לא היו קרבין:
אין בין במה גדולה – it is dealing with the time when [personal] altars are permitted. The large altar is the communal altar, which was in Nob and Giv’on.
לבמה קטנה – of each and every individual person, for everyone would make an altar for himself.
אלא פסחים – and everything that is like the Passover sacrifices, that is, the obligations which had the set time for them like Passover; like, for example, the daily offerings and Musaf/additional offerings. But obligations that do not have for them a fixed/set time, such as the bullock for an unconscious sin of the community, and the goats for idolatry, even on the large altar they would not have been offered.