rsv Deuteronomy:25:1-3
rsv@Deuteronomy:25:1 @ "If there is a dispute between men, and they come into court, and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty,
rsv@Deuteronomy:25:2 @ then if the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with a number of stripes in proportion to his offense.
rsv@Deuteronomy:25:3 @ Forty stripes may be given him, but not more; lest, if one should go on to beat him with more stripes than these, your brother be degraded in your sight.