Deuteronomy 25:3

so oneli that tho passe not the noumbre of fourti, lest thi brother be to-rent viliche bifore thin iyen, and go awei.

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In The King James Version

Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.

In Context

2Sotheli if thei seen hym that synnede, worthi of betyngis, thei schulen caste him doun, and make to be betun bifor hem; also the maner of betyngis schal be for the mesure of synne,

4Thou schalt not bynde the `mouth of the oxe tredynge thi fruytis in the corn floor.

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Cross References

Luke 15:30But aftir that this thi sone, that hath deuourid his substaunce with horis, cam, thou hast slayn to hym a fat calf.

2 Corinthians 11:24Y resseyuede of the Jewis fyue sithis fourti strokis oon lesse;

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