Deuteronomy 25:3
He may sentence him to no more than forty stripes. He shall not give more, lest if he should give more and beat him more than that many stripes, then your brother will be degraded in your sight.Deuteronomy 25:3 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — પુનર્નિયમ ૨૫:૩
- ન્યાયાધીશ તેને ચાળીસ ફટકા મારે, પણ ચાળીસથી વધારે ફટકા ન મારે; કેમ કે જો તે તેને વધારે ફટકા મારે, તો તમારો સાથી તમારી નજરમાં અપમાનિત ઠરે.
- हिन्दी — व्यवस्थाविवरण २५:३
- वह उसे चालीस कोड़े तक लगवा सकता है, इससे अधिक नहीं लगवा सकता; ऐसा न हो कि इससे अधिक बहुत मार खिलवाने से तेरा भाई तेरी दृष्टि में तुच्छ ठहरे।
In context
1If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.
2It shall be, if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.
3He may sentence him to no more than forty stripes. He shall not give more, lest if he should give more and beat him more than that many stripes, then your brother will be degraded in your sight.
4You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.
5If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
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