[a]Forty stripes shall he cause him to have, and not past, lest if he should exceed and beat him above that with many stripes, thy brother should appear despised in thy sight.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 25:3 The Jews of superstition afterward took one away, 2 Cor. 11:24.

but the judge must not impose more than forty lashes.(A) If the guilty party is flogged more than that, your fellow Israelite will be degraded in your eyes.(B)

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