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Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother should seem vile to you.
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Justice with Human Dignity
Commentators stress that the limit of forty stripes was a crucial safeguard for human dignity. The law ensured that even a guilty person was not to be treated inhumanely or like a slave. The goal was to punish the offense without making the offender, still considered a 'brother,' seem worthless or vile in the eyes of the community.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
19th Century
Anglican
Deuteronomy 25:1–3. HUMANITY IN PUNISHMENTS.
They shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wick…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed And that this number might not be exceeded, it is ordered by the Jewish canons t…
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