Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him more than these with many stripes, then your brother should seem degraded unto you.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

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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