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Negative commandment 300 of 365

Not to exceed the statutory number of stripes laid on one who has incurred that punishment

Maimonides

Not to exceed the statutory number of stripes laid on one who has incurred that punishment, as it is said, “(Forty stripes he may give him) and not exceed, lest if he should exceed…” (Deut. 25:3).

Deuteronomy 25:3

KJV
Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
ASV
Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
WEB
He may sentence him to no more than forty stripes. He shall not give more, lest if he should give more and beat him more than that many stripes, then your brother will be degraded in your sight.
JPS
Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should be dishonoured before thine eyes.