Deu 25:3 | TNotes | STEP | 25:3 At a flogging, the maximum number of strikes allowed was forty lashes. Fewer could be applied depending on the case (25:2 ). As people created in the image of God, even wrongdoers were entitled to mercy and respect. In later Judaism, thirty-nine lashes were given (see 2 Cor 11:24 and note ).

c2 Cor 11:24 and note►

‏ Deuteronomy 25:3

25:3 ^a At a flogging, the maximum number of strikes allowed was forty lashes. Fewer could be applied depending on the case (25:2 ^b). As people created in the image of God, even wrongdoers were entitled to mercy and respect. In later Judaism, thirty-nine lashes were given (see 2 Cor 11:24 and note ^c).