Deuteronomy:25:1-3
mkjv@Deuteronomy:25:1 @ If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and they have been judged, and the righteous one is declared righteous, and the wrongdoer declared guilty,
mkjv@Deuteronomy:25:2 @ then it shall be, if the wrongdoer [is] worthy to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to fall down. And one shall strike him in his presence, enough for his wrong, by a certain number.
mkjv@Deuteronomy:25:3 @ He may give him forty stripes, no more, lest he should exceed and beat him above these [with] many stripes, then your brother would be dishonored before your eyes.