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It shall be, if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.
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Verse 2. Down, tying him to a low pillar; ( Menochius. Grot.) though many assert, that the criminal was forced to lie prostrate on the ground, as the Jews still do, in Germany, when they undergo this punishment. Buxtorf, Syn. 20. The Jews do not commonly give above 39 strokes, and double the number is inflicted on the back, from what fall upon the breast.
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