Deuteronomy 25:2

וְהָיָה אִם ־ בִּן הַכּוֹת הָרָשָׁע וְהִפִּילוֹ הַשֹּׁפֵט וְהִכָּהוּ לְפָנָיו כְּדֵי רִשְׁעָתוֹ בְּמִסְפָּֽר ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.

In Context

1כִּֽי ־ יִהְיֶה רִיב בֵּין אֲנָשִׁים וְנִגְּשׁוּ אֶל ־ הַמִּשְׁפָּט וּשְׁפָטוּם וְהִצְדִּיקוּ אֶת ־ הַצַּדִּיק וְהִרְשִׁיעוּ אֶת ־ הָרָשָֽׁע ׃

3אַרְבָּעִים יַכֶּנּוּ לֹא יֹסִיף פֶּן ־ יֹסִיף לְהַכֹּתוֹ עַל ־ אֵלֶּה מַכָּה רַבָּה וְנִקְלָה אָחִיךָ לְעֵינֶֽיךָ ׃ ס

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Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 25:2-5

Stripes Not to Exceed Forty. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. 3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then… Read the whole commentary →

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