Mitzvah #554 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„The court must not exceed the prescribed number of lashes“
Scripture Reference: DEU 25:3 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Ki Tetze)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"He may beat him forty times but no more, so that he does not beat him with many more stripes than these and your brother is not degraded in your eyes.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
אַרְבָּעִים יַכֶּנּוּ לֹא יֹסִיף פֶּן־יֹסִיף לְהַכֹּתוֹ עַל־אֵלֶּה מַכָּה רַבָּה וְנִקְלָה אָחִיךָ לְעֵינֶיךָ׃ ס
Greek Text (Septuagint)
τεσσαράκοντα μαστιγώσουσιν αὐτόν οὐ προσθήσουσιν ἐὰν δὲ προσθῶσιν μαστιγῶσαι αὐτὸν ὑπὲρ ταύτας τὰς πληγὰς πλείους ἀσχημονήσει ὁ ἀδελφός σου ἐναντίον σου
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Ki Tetze
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Judges (Buch 14)
Section: The Sanhedrin and the Penalties Under Their Jurisdiction
Systematic Category (P119f) Courts, Crimes, and Punishments
