Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi
Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin 13b (unit 2; single primary locus per emergency Core plan).
E-Daf.com — Sanhedrin 13b
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF
English: “The elders of the congregation” — the distinguished ones of the congregation.
Who performs communal semichah — the distinguished members of the Great Sanhedrin lay hands on the bull.
Semichah on the communal bull is performed by the meyuchadin — the distinguished elders — of the congregation. Ordinary judges or secondary members of the court do not fulfill the requirement. The verse’s language selects those who hold the primary status within the edah.