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Deuteronomy 25:1-4

Judicial Justice and Humane Punishment

Deuteronomy 25:1-4
1
If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
2
If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.
3
He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
4
Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
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