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.
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Gill's Exposition
Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed,.... And that this number might not be exceeded, it is ordered by the Jewish canons that only thirty nine should be given; for it is asked (b),"with how…
Barnes' Notes
The Jews to keep within the letter of the law fixed 39 stripes as the maximum (compare the marginal reference.). Forty signifies the full measure of judgment (compare Gen 7:12; Num 14:33-34); but the…
Here is, I. A direction to the judges in scourging malefactors, Deu 25:1-3. 1. It is here supposed that, if a man be charged with a crime, the accuser and the accused (Actor and Reus) should be…
Cambridge Bible
Forty stripes By later law the number was fixed at -forty less one" (Mishna," Makkoth," Deu 3:10 ff., cp. 2Co 11:24, Josephus, IV. Antt. viii. 21, 23) they were now inflicted with a lash. Ḫammurabi…
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