9076. 'If expiation has been imposed on him' means in order that he may be made free from damnation. This is clear from the meaning of 'expiation' as in order that he may be free from damnation. For acts of expiation were imposed on those who did not do evil on purpose or with guile. Those acts were various, and when one was performed it was called 'a redeeming of the soul', since life was redeemed by means of it. But those outward things were signs of inward ones; that is to say, 'an expiation' meant deliverance from damnation, and 'redeeming' consequently meant amendment of spiritual life through active repentance. Since 'expiation' meant deliverance from damnation, therefore it also meant being pardoned of sins, and so being cleansed.