Deuteronomy 25:3 BSB

Deuteronomy 25:3

He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.

BSB

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ASV

Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.

KJV

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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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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 of judgment (compare Gen 7:12; Num 14:33-34); but the son of Israel was not to be lashed like a slave at the mercy of another. The judge was always to be present to see that the Law in this particular was not overpassed.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים	'ar.ba.'Im	forty [times]	H705 →
יַכֶּ֖נּוּ	ya.Ke.nu	he will strike him	H5221 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יֹסִ֑יף	yo.Sif	he will increase	H3254 →
פֶּן־	pen-	lest	H6435 →
יֹסִ֨יף	yo.Sif	he should increase	H3254 →
לְהַכֹּת֤וֹ	le.ha.ko.To	to strike him	H5221 →
עַל־	'al-	to	H5921 →
אֵ֙לֶּה֙	'e.leh	these	H428 →
מַכָּ֣ה	ma.Kah	striking	H4347 →
רַבָּ֔ה	ra.Bah	much	H7227 →
וְנִקְלָ֥ה	ve.nik.Lah	and he will be dishonored	H7034 →
אָחִ֖יךָ	'a.Chi.kha	countryman your	H251 →
לְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ ס	le.'ei.Nei.kha	to eyes your	H5869 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Job 18:3
Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
leads to
- Psalms 73:22
  I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
- Job 17:4
  You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
- Job 17:10
  But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
Through
Luke 15:30
But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
leads to
- Proverbs 29:3
  A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
- Luke 15:12–13
  The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
- Luke 15:32
  But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
- Luke 18:11
  The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
- Exodus 32:11
  But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and…

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