Meaning
Blood, Revenger of He who avenged the blood of one who had been killed. The nearest relative of the deceased became the authorized avenger of blood. (Numbers 35:19) The law of retaliation was not to extend beyond the immediate offender. (24:16; 2Kings 14:6; 2Chronicles 25:4; Jer 31:29; Jer 31:30; Ezekiel 18:20)