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Deuteronomy 25:3

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Bible Versions

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.
Forty {H705} stripes {H5221} he may give him, and not exceed {H3254}: lest, if he should exceed {H3254}, and beat {H5221} him above these with many {H7227} stripes {H4347}, then thy brother {H251} should seem vile {H7034}{H5869} unto thee.
but the maximum number is forty. He is not to exceed this; if he goes over this limit and beats him more than this, your brother will be humiliated before your eyes.
He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
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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