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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 4:21/אבן עזרא על ויקרא ד׳:כ״א
אחטאת הקהל הוא. הפר ואם ישגו ישראל ולא יעשו אחת ממצות עשה יקריב פר לעולה ושעיר לחטאת:
1IT IS THE SIN-OFFERING. The bullock.29 is in the masculine. Hence it refers to the bullock, not to the sin offering. Thus our text is to be understood as follows: The bullock is the sin offering of the assembly. If Israel errs and they do not do one of the positive commandments, then they shall bring a bullock as a burnt offering and a he-goat as a sin offering.30 while Num. 15:22 reads, and not observe all these commandments.