the oracle
One line, held by one citizen, drawn at random.
’Not payment, not punishment, not erasure, but the blood laid on the mercy-seat’ — a bond restored ’not by removing what was done but by placing grace over it.’
held by kipporance, one of 204 citizens — The act of covering a broken relationship so the breach no longer stands between the parties, restoring the bond by placing grace over what was done rather than by payment or punishment.
kipporance — Hebrew kipper (to cover, to atone; the verb of Yom Kippur) + act-suffix -ance