Deuteronomy 25:1-3 If there be stryfe betwene men, they shall come vnto the lawe, and let the iudges geue sentence betwene them, and iustifye the ryghteous, & condemne the vngodly.

Great⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ If there be stryfe betwene men, they shall come vnto the lawe, and let the iudges geue sentence betwene them, and iustifye the ryghteous, & condemne the vngodly. ² And yf any man be vngodly, and worthy of strypes, then let the iudge cause to take hym doune, and to beate hym before hys face accordynge to hys trespace vnto a certayne nombr ³ .xl. strypes he shall geue hym and not passe: lest yf he shulde exceade and beate hym aboue that with many strypes, thy brother shulde appere vngoodly before thyne eyes.