Deuteronomy 25:2
“And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten,.... There were four kinds of death criminals were put to by…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Deuteronomy 25:1-2
Render it: (1) If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them, and justify…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Deuteronomy 25:1-4
Here is, I. A direction to the judges in scourging malefactors, Deu 25:1-3. 1. It is here supposed that, if a man be…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
then it shall be, if the guilty man be worthy to be beaten Lit. a son of strokes.
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