Deuteronomy 25:3
“Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed,.... And that this number might not be exceeded, it is ordered by the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The Jews to keep within the letter of the law fixed 39 stripes as the maximum (compare the marginal reference.). Forty…
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
Forty stripes By later law the number was fixed at -forty less one" (Mishna," Makkoth," Deu 3:10 ff., cp. 2Co 11:24,…
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