1. This is what you must do whenever ⌊two⌋ people have a disagreement that is brought into court. The judges will hear the case and decide who’s right and who’s wrong.
2. If the person who’s in the wrong deserves to be beaten, the judge will order him to lie down. Then the judge will have him beaten with as many lashes as the crime deserves.
3. Forty lashes may be given, but no more. If an Israelite were given more than that, he would be publicly humiliated.