Deuteronomy 25:1-3 If there shall be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

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1 H7379 If there shall be a controversy H582 between men, H5066 [H8738] and they come H4941 to judgment, H8199 [H8804] that the judges may judge H6663 [H8689] them; then they shall justify H6662 the righteous, H7561 [H8689] and condemn H7563 the wicked.

2 H7563 And it shall be, if the wicked man H1121 be worthy H5221 [H8687] to be beaten, H8199 [H8802] that the judge H5307 [H8689] shall cause him to lie down, H5221 [H8689] and to be beaten H6440 before his face, H1767 according H7564 to his fault, H4557 by a certain number.

3 H705 Forty H5221 [H8686] stripes H3254 [H8686] he may give him, and not exceed: H3254 [H8686] lest, if he should exceed, H5221 [H8687] and beat H7227 him above these with many H4347 stripes, H251 then thy brother H7034 H5869 [H8738] should seem vile to thee.