Deuteronomy:25:1-3

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ylt @Deuteronomy:25:1 @'When there is a strife between men , and they have come nigh unto the judgment , and they have judged , and declared righteous the righteous , and declared wrong the wrong-doer , ylt @Deuteronomy:25:2 @then it hath come to pass , if the wrong-doer is to be smitten , that the judge hath caused him to fall down , and [one ] hath smitten him in his presence , according to the sufficiency of his wrong-doing , by number ; ylt @Deuteronomy:25:3 @forty [times ] he doth smite him -- he is not adding , lest , he is adding to smite him above these -- many stripes , and thy brother is lightly esteemed in thine eyes .

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