Charles Ellicott Commentary Leviticus 4:14

"when the sin wherein they have sinned is known, then the assembly shall offer a young bullock for a sin-offering, and bring it before the tent of meeting." — Leviticus 4:14 (ASV)

Offer a young bullock. —The same sacrifice that is prescribed for the sin of the high priest , and though not expressed here, it must be without blemish.

And bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation. —A better rendering is before the tent of meeting . This no more means that the whole congregation or the thousands of Israelites are all to take hold of the victim and carry it to the appointed place of slaughter, than the phrase in Leviticus 4:12 signifies that the high priest himself is to carry the bullock. It is the regular Hebrew idiom, which denotes that the people are to have the sacrifice carried. We would have considered it unnecessary to explain this well-known mode of expression if mistaken arguments had not been deduced from it.