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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)