1 “When there is a dispute between men, then they shall come unto judgment, and they shall be judged, and the righteous declared righteous and the wrongdoer declared wrong.
2 “And it shall be, if the wrongdoer is to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows according to his wrong.
3 “Forty blows he gives him but no more, lest he beat him with many more blows than these, and your brother be degraded before your eyes.
4 “Do not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.