Deuteronomy 25:1-3
Modern English Version
25 If there is a controversy between men, they are to go to court for judgment, so that the judges may judge them. Then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked. 2 It must be, if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten, then the judge must make him lie down and be beaten in his presence, with the number of strikes his guilt deserves. 3 He may give him forty stripes, but no more, lest, if he should exceed and beat him more with numerous stripes, then your brother may appear contemptible to you.
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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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