Deuteronomy 25:2-3

Deuteronomy 25:2-3

[2] And it shall be, if the wicked man  be worthy  to be beaten,  that the judge  shall cause him to lie down,  and to be beaten  before his face,  according  to his fault,  by a certain number.  [3] Forty  stripes  he may give him, and not exceed:  and beat  him above these with many  stripes,  then thy brother  should seem vile  unto thee.