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The judge[a] may sentence him to forty blows,[b] but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite[c] with contempt.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 25:3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the judge) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Deuteronomy 25:3 tn Heb “Forty blows he may strike him”; however, since the judge is to witness the punishment (v. 2) it is unlikely the judge himself administered it.
  3. Deuteronomy 25:3 tn Heb “your brothers” but not limited only to an actual sibling; cf. NAB) “your kinsman”; NRSV, NLT “your neighbor.”

but the judge must not impose more than forty lashes.(A) If the guilty party is flogged more than that, your fellow Israelite will be degraded in your eyes.(B)

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