Deuteronomy 25:3

‌ʻE ngofua ke ʻai ke fāngofulu ʻae tā, ka ʻe ʻikai fakalahi ia: telia, ʻi heʻene fakalahi ia, ʻo taaʻi ʻaki ʻae tā lahi hake ʻi he ngaahi tā ni, ʻe hoko ai ho tokoua ko e kovi lahi ʻi ho ʻao.

KO E TOHI TAPU KĀTOA

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

2Pea ʻe pehē, kapau ʻoku totonu ke taaʻi ʻae angakovi, ʻe fekau ʻe he fakamaau ke fakatokoto ia ki lalo, pea ke taaʻi ia ʻi hono ʻao ʻo fakatatau ki heʻene kovi, mo e tā ʻoku lau.

4¶ “ʻOua naʻa ke nonoʻo ʻae ngutu ʻoe pulu ʻi heʻene malaki ʻae uite.

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Cross References

Luke 15:30Ka kuo haʻu leva ho foha ko eni, ʻaia naʻe maumauʻi hoʻo koloa mo e kau faʻa feʻauaki, pea ke tāmateʻi maʻana ʻae ʻuhiki pulu sino.’

2 Corinthians 11:24Naʻe liunga nima ʻa hoku haha ʻe he kakai Siu, pea taki tolungofulu ma hiva ʻae tā.

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