But now that expression of Himself was perilous, and perhaps unsuitable besides; for He was to be known as the avenger, and presently as the Giver of Law, with its inflexible conditions and its menaces.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
If the priests have lied, if this is in very truth the Messiah his heart still half believes Him, will thirty pieces of silver buy his soul from the avenger?
"Holbein"
Beatrice Fortescue
The law even forbade the avenger of blood to accept a ransom instead of taking the life of the guilty, because the land was desecrated by the blood of the murdered man, "and the land is not cleansed from the blood spilt, save by the blood of the murderer."
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker