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Deuteronomy 25:2-4
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Deuteronomy 25:2-4
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2 Then,[a] if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating,[b] the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves.[c] 3 The judge[d] may sentence him to forty blows,[e] but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite[f] with contempt.
4 You must not muzzle your[g] ox when it is treading grain.
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- Deuteronomy 25:2 tn Heb “and it will be.”
- Deuteronomy 25:2 tn Heb “if the evil one is a son of smiting.”
- Deuteronomy 25:2 tn Heb “according to his wickedness, by number.”
- Deuteronomy 25:3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the judge) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Deuteronomy 25:3 tn Heb “Forty blows he may strike him”; however, since the judge is to witness the punishment (v. 2) it is unlikely the judge himself administered it.
- Deuteronomy 25:3 tn Heb “your brothers” but not limited only to an actual sibling; cf. NAB) “your kinsman”; NRSV, NLT “your neighbor.”
- Deuteronomy 25:4 tn Heb “an.” By implication this is one’s own animal.
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