Deuteronomy 25:1-3 If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.

BSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned. ² If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants. ³ He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.