Deuteronomy 25:2-4

Revised Geneva Translation

² “then, if the wicked is worthy to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to lie down and to be beaten before his face, according to his trespass, to a certain number.

³ “Forty shall he cause him to have, and not past, lest if he should exceed and beat him above that with many stripes, your brother should be dishonored.

⁴ “You shall not muzzle the ox that treads out the corn.