Forty Stripes Minus One
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The Old Testament forbade lashing anyone more than forty times (Deuteronomy 25:3). Typical of Jewish legalism, their practice was not to go beyond thirty-nine in case they miscounted. The Romans had no such laws.
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Forty Stripes Minus One
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The Old Testament forbade lashing anyone more than forty times (Deuteronomy 25:3). Typical of Jewish legalism, their practice was not to go beyond thirty-nine in case they miscounted. The Romans had no such laws.
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