Dict: smith - BLOOD

smith:

BLOOD - B>@ - To blood is ascribed in Scripture the mysterious sacredness which belongs to life, and God reserved it to himself when allowing man the dominion over and the use of the lower animals for food. Thus reserved, it acquires a double power:

(1) that of sacrificial atonement; and

(2) that of becoming a curse when wantonly shed, unless duly expiated. kjv@Genesis:9:4; kjv@Leviticus:7:26 kjv@Leviticus:17:11-13)

BLOOD, REVENGER OF - B>@ - He who avenged the blood of one who had been killed. The nearest relative of the deceased became the authorized avenger of blood. kjv@Numbers:35:19) The law of retaliation was not to extend beyond the immediate offender. (24:16; kjv@2Kings:14:6; kjv@2Chronicles:25:4; kjv@Jeremiah:31:29-30; kjv@Ezekiel:18:20)