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He may sentence him to no more than forty stripes. He shall not give more, lest if he should give more and beat him more than that many stripes, then your brother will be degraded in your sight.
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Verse 3. Eyes. Hebrew “depart covered with confusion (or more vile) before thy eyes.” Hence the Jews do not consider this chastisement as ignominious. Calmet.
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