Goel @ in Hebrew the participle of the verb _gaal_, "to redeem." It is rendered in the Authorized Version "kinsman," Numbers:5:8; Ruth:3:12Ruth:4:1Ruth:4:6-8; "redeemer," Job:19:25; "avenger," Numbers:35:12; Deuteronomy:19:6, etc. The Jewish law gave the right of redeeming and repurchasing, as well as of avenging blood, to the next relative, who was accordingly called by this name. (See REDEEMER
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