Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Kamma 219:16

כשהוא אומר (במדבר ה, ז) והשיב את אשמו בראשו וחמישיתו הוי אומר אשם זה קרן

this indicates the Principal; be restored: this indicates the Fifth. Or perhaps this is not so, but 'the trespass' indicates the ram, and the practical difference as to which view we take would involve the rejection of the view of Raba, for Raba said: '[Restitution for] robbery committed upon a proselyte, if made at night time does not fulfil the obligation, nor does restitution by halves, the reason being that the Divine Law termed it trespass?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And an offering could not be sacrificed at night time. [Consequently should it be assumed that 'the trespass' denotes the ram and not the Principal Raba's ruling would be rejected.] ');">²⁶</span> — Since it says later 'beside the ram of atonement', you must surely say that 'the trespass' is the Principal.

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