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Deuteronomy 25:2
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1 “If there is a adispute between men, and they come to1 court, that the judges may judge them, and they bjustify the righteous and condemn the wicked,  
2 then it shall be, if the wicked man adeserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie down band be beaten in his presence, according to his guilt, with a certain number of blows.  
3 aForty blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with many blows above these, and your brother bbe humiliated in your sight.  
4 a“You shall not muzzle an ox while it1 treads out the grain.  
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Deuteronomy 25:1-2

Render it:

(1) If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them, and justify the righteous and condemn the wicked (compare the marginal reference. and Exodus 23:7; Proverbs 17:15);

(2) then it shall be, etc.

Deuteronomy 25:2

Scourging is named as a penalty in Leviticus 19:20. The beating here spoken of would be on the back with a rod or stick (compare Proverbs 10:13; Proverbs 19:29; Proverbs 26:3).




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Deuteronomy 25:2:

Deuteronomy 25:1-2
Matthew 10:17

 

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