These people are condemned to expiate their sins in Purgatory. To expiate himself from the sin, he did penance at his place. A holy dip in the Manikarnika ghat is considered to expiate sins. In Biblical times, lambs and other white animals were sacrificed to expiate sins. Religious scriptures are chanted at the funeral ceremony to expiate the sins of the dead. He asks him to expiate his sin by going on pilgrimage. The king wanted to expiate his sin of cutting the image and cut his hand. Allegedly, he found the church to expiate for deposing Pope Silverius in 537. Timour demands that the king expiate his actions by leading his army against the Muslims. China's constitution does not expiate strict power divisions between the government hierachy.