Deu 25:2-3, Ezr 7:26 | ESV | STEP | then if the guilty man deserves to be beaten , the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with a number of stripes in proportion to his offense .

Deuteronomy 25:2-3

2 then if the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with a number of stripes in proportion to his offense. 3 ^aForty stripes may be given him, but not more, lest, if one should go on to beat him with more stripes than these, your brother be degraded in your sight.

Ezra 7:26

26 Whoever will not obey the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be strictly executed on him, whether for death or for banishment or for confiscation of his goods or for imprisonment.”