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Ramban on Deuteronomy 26:2/רמב"ן על דברים כ״ו:ב׳

אטַעַם וְלָקַחְתָּ מֵרֵאשִׁית כָּל פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר תָּבִיא מֵאַרְצְךָ, שֶׁתִּקַּח מֵרֵאשִׁית כָּל הַפְּרִי אֲשֶׁר תָּבִיא אֶל הַבַּיִת, מֵאַרְצְךָ אֲשֶׁר ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ, יְצַוֶּה שֶׁיַּפְרִישׁ הַפְּרִי בַּשָּׂדֶה וְיִקְרָא עָלָיו שֵׁם, וִיבִיאֶנּוּ לְבֵיתוֹ וְיָשִׂים אוֹתוֹ בִּכְלִי רָאוּי לְהוֹלִיכוֹ לְבֵית הַבְּחִירָה. וְלֹא נָתַן הַכָּתוּב שִׁעוּר בָּהֶם אֶלָּא אֲפִלּוּ גַּרְגִּיר אֶחָד מִכָּל הַמִּין הַהוּא פּוֹטֵר כָּל הַשָּׂדֶה, כְּדִין תְּרוּמָה שֶׁחִטָּה אַחַת פּוֹטֶרֶת אֶת הַכְּרִי:

1THEN THOU SHALT TAKE OF THE FIRST OF ALL THE FRUIT OF THE GROUND, WHICH THOU SHALT BRING IN FROM THY LAND. [The meaning thereof is] that you shall take of the first of all the fruit which you will bring into the house from your Land, which the Eternal your G-d gives you. He commands that one should set aside that fruit in the field and designate it as first-fruit and then bring it into his house and put it in a vessel fit to be taken to the Sanctuary [in Jerusalem].¹ Now, Scripture did not prescribe an amount for the first-fruits, instead, even one grain [or berry] of that species exempts the entire field, similar to the law of terumah (the heave-offering) where one grain exempts the whole pile of grain.²

בוְהָלַכְתָּ אֶל הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ, כְּפִי פְּשׁוּטוֹ יַזְהִיר שֶׁלֹּא תַּקְרִיב בִּכּוּרִים בְּאֶחָד מִשְּׁעָרֶיךָ מִשֶּׁנִּבְחַר הַבַּיִת, כִּי כְּמוֹ שֶׁהִזְהִיר בִּשְׁחוּטֵי חוּץ בַּקָּרְבָּנוֹת כֵּן יַזְהִיר בַּבִּכּוּרִים. אֲבָל חוֹבַת הַבִּכּוּרִים לְאַחַר שֶׁכָּבְשׁוּ וְחָלְקוּ מִיָּד, כְּדִבְרֵי רַשִׁ"י (רש"י על דברים כ"ו:א'). וּבְסִפְרֵי (תבוא ב), וְהָלַכְתָּ אֶל הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ שָׁם, זֶה שִׁילֹה וּבֵית עוֹלָמִים. וְשֶׁמָּא יֹאמְרוּ כִּי הַבָּמוֹת אֲסוּרוֹת בִּשְׁנֵי הַזְּמַנִּים הָאֵלּוּ, אֲבָל גַּם בְּנוֹב וְגִבְעוֹן יַקְרִיבוּ הַבִּכּוּרִים, אֲבָל בְּבָמַת יָחִיד אֵינָן קְרֵבִין, דְּמִזְבֵּחַ כְּתִיב. וְאוּלַי מִמָּה שֶׁכָּתוּב (שמות כג יט), רֵאשִׁית בִּכּוּרֵי אַדְמָתְךָ תָּבִיא בֵּית ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ, לֹא קָרְבוּ בְּאֹהֶל וּבְמִשְׁכָּן אֶלָּא בְּשִׁילֹה שֶׁהָיָה שָׁם בֵּית אֲבָנִים וּבְבֵית הָעוֹלָמִים:

2AND THOU SHALT GO UNTO THE PLACE WHICH THE ETERNAL THY G-D SHALL CHOOSE. In line with the plain meaning of Scripture he admonishes against bringing first-fruit in [any] one of the cities [except for Jerusalem] after the Sanctuary was chosen [i.e., after Jerusalem was designated by the prophets and the ark of G-d was brought there], for just as He warned against slaughtering offerings outside [of the Sanctuary Court], so he warned with reference to the first-fruits. But the obligation of bringing first-fruits became binding immediately after they conquered and divided the Land,³ (above 12:9), because the structure of the House of G-d was not of stone as it had been at Shiloh; instead, it was made of the boards and curtains from the Tabernacle in the wilderness. Therefore during the fifty-seven years when the ark of G-d was first in Nob and later in Gibeon, it was permissible to bring offerings to G-d on the bamoth, “high places,” or private altars. See also further, Note 6. in accordance with the words of Rashi.⁴ And in the Sifre it is stated:⁵ 298. “And thou shalt go unto the place which the Eternal thy G-d shall choose to cause His Name to dwell there — this refers to Shiloh and ‘the Eternal House’⁶ were permitted after its destruction. [in Jerusalem].” Perhaps the Rabbis [in the Sifre] meant to say that the bamoth (“high places”) were forbidden during both periods [i.e., Shiloh and Jerusalem]. However, during [the periods of] Nob and Gibeon [when high places were permitted] first-fruits could also be brought [only there in Nob and Gibeon], but they could not be offered at a private bamah, for Scripture refers [here in the chapter on first-fruits] to the altar [and he shall set it down before ‘the altar’ of the Eternal thy G-d indicating that only the public altar is suitable for first-fruits].⁷. See further Vol. III, p. 123, Note 122 and Vol. IV, p. 180, Note 138. But since it is written, The choisest first-fruit of thy Land thou shalt bring into the House of the Eternal thy G-d,⁸ they perhaps did not bring first-fruits when it [the House of G-d] was in a tent and in a tabernacle⁹ but only in Shiloh where there was a stone building and in the Eternal House,⁶ were permitted after its destruction. [thus excluding the period of Nob and Gibeon].