But he did not understand that of these last, that of creatures without reproach and without stain, and he trembled as he asked himself: the expiation of what?
having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation.
And one lamb out of two hundred from the flock from the well-watered pastures of Israel-for a meal offering, for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings to make expiation for them, declares the Lord Jehovah.
Call it chequebook expiation, kill and pay: it clearly works.