New Revised Standard Version
The elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the LORD, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
where your tribal leaders will lay their hands on its head, before having it killed in my presence.

New American Bible
The elders of the community shall lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD. When the bull has been slaughtered before the LORD,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the ancients of the people shall put their hands upon the head thereof before the Lord. And the calf being immolated in the sight of the Lord:

And the ancients of the people shall put their hands upon the head thereof before the Lord. And the calf being immolated in the sight of the Lord:

the elders

Exodus 24:1,9 And he said to Moses: Come up to the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel, and you shall adore afar off. . . .

Numbers 11:16,25 And the Lord said to Moses: Gather unto me seventy men of the ancients of Israel, whom thou knowest to be ancients and masters of the people: and thou shalt bring them to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, and shalt make them stand there with thee, . . .

Deuteronomy 21:3-9 And the ancients of that city which they shall perceive to be nearer than the rest, shall take a heifer of the herd, that hath not drawn in the yoke, nor ploughed the ground, . . .

lay

Leviticus 4:4 And he shall bring it to the door of the testimony before the Lord: and shall put his hand upon the head thereof, and shall sacrifice it to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the victim: and it shall be acceptable, and help to its expiation.

Leviticus 16:21 And putting both hands upon his head, let him confess all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their offences and sins. And praying that they may light on its head, he shall turn him out by a man ready for it, into the desert.