King James Version (KJV)
Deuteronomy 25:2
“And it shall be, if the wicked man [be] worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 25
1
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that [the judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
2
And it shall be, if the wicked man [be] worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
3
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.
4
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn].
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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