With how many stripes may a wicked man be beaten?
FortyForty 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. Deuteronomy 25:2-3If 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.
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. Deuteronomy 25:2-3 https://biblepic.com/53/5551.jpg