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Then,[a] if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating,[b] the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves.[c]

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  1. Deuteronomy 25:2 tn Heb “and it will be.”
  2. Deuteronomy 25:2 tn Heb “if the evil one is a son of smiting.”
  3. Deuteronomy 25:2 tn Heb “according to his wickedness, by number.”

If the guilty person deserves to be beaten,(A) the judge shall make them lie down and have them flogged in his presence with the number of lashes the crime deserves,

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