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Deuteronomy 25:3

Mercy and compassionJustice

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.

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.

5 When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

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BSB
He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
KJV
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.
WEB
He may sentence him to no more than forty stripes. He shall not give more, lest if he should give more and beat him more than that many stripes, then your brother will be degraded in your sight.
ASV
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.
DARBY
With forty [stripes] shall they beat him; they shall not exceed, lest, if they continue to beat him with many stripes above these, thy brother become despicable in thine eyes.
BLB
Forty [times] he shall strike him—no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him above these with many blows, and your brother be humiliated in your eyes.
ÅB
Førti slag kan han la dem gi ham, men ikke flere, for at din bror ikke skal bli vanæret i dine øyne ved å få enda mange flere slag.
OTB
Dommeren må ikke gi mer enn førti slag, så din medisraelitt ikke blir foraktet i dine øyne ved å bli slått for mye.
B1930
Firti slag kan han la dem gi ham, men ikke flere, forat din bror ikke skal bli vanæret i dine øine ved å få ennu mange flere slag.

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