Deuteronomy 25:1-3
American Standard Version
25 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges 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 wickedness, by number. 3 Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
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Deuteronomy 25:1-3
Lexham English Bible
25 “When a legal dispute takes place[a] between men and they come near to the court, and the judges judge with respect to them, then they shall declare the righteous to be in the right and they shall condemn the wicked, 2 then it will happen if the guilty one deserves beating,[b] then the judge shall make him lie, and he shall beat him before him,[c] according to[d] the prescribed number of lashes proportionate to the offense.[e] 3 He may beat him with forty lashes, and he shall not do more than these, so that he will not beat more in addition to these many blows,[f] and your countryman[g] would be[h] degraded before your eyes.
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- Deuteronomy 25:1 Literally “shall be”
- Deuteronomy 25:2 Literally “is a son of beating”
- Deuteronomy 25:2 Literally “to the face of him”
- Deuteronomy 25:2 Literally “as”
- Deuteronomy 25:2 Literally “as is sufficient/necessary, with respect to number, for his wickedness/wicked behavior”
- Deuteronomy 25:3 Hebrew “blow”
- Deuteronomy 25:3 Or “brother”
- Deuteronomy 25:3 Hebrew “is”
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