Deuteronomy 25:1-3

Legacy Standard Bible

25 “^(A)If there is a dispute between men and they go to court for judgment, and ^[a]the judges judge their case, ^(B)and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked, ² then it shall be if the wicked man ^[b](C)deserves to be struck, the judge shall then make him lie down and be struck in his presence with the number of stripes according to his ^[c]guilt. ^3 (D)He may strike him forty times but no more, lest he strike him with many more stripes than these and your brother be ^(E)dishonored in your eyes.