John Gill Commentary Deuteronomy 22:18

"And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;" — Deuteronomy 22:18 (ASV)

And the elders of that city shall take the man, and chastise
him .
] Not with words, but blows. Jarchi interprets it of beating, and so does the Talmud ^F24 ; and both the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan render it, ``shall beat him;'' that is, with the beating or scourging of forty stripes, save one.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F24: T. Bab. Cetubot, fol. 46. 1.