Deuteronomy 25:2

Easy To Read Version

If the judge decides a person must be beaten with a whip, then the judge must make that person lie face down. Someone will beat the guilty person while the judge watches. The number of times he must be hit depends on the crime.

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:25

So I told those men that they were wrong. I said bad things to them. I hit some of those men, and I pulled out their hair. I forced them to make a promise in God’s name. I said to them, “You must not marry the daughters of those people. Don’t let the daughters of those foreign people marry your sons. And don’t let your daughters marry the sons of those foreign people.

Matthew 10:17

Be careful of people. They will arrest you and take you to be judged. They will whip you in their synagogues. {\cf2\super [128]}

Matthew 27:26

Then Pilate freed Barabbas. Pilate told some soldiers to beat Jesus with whips. Then Pilate gave Jesus to the soldiers to be killed on a cross.

Acts 23:3

Paul said to Ananias, “God will hit you too! You are like a \{dirty\} wall that has been painted white! You sit there and judge me, using the law \{of Moses\}. But you are telling them to hit me, and that is against the law \{of Moses\}.”

Acts 5:40

They called the apostles {\cf2\super [104]} in again. They beat the apostles and told them not to talk to people about Jesus again. Then they let the apostles go free.

1 Peter 2:20

But if you are punished for doing wrong, there is no reason to praise you for bearing that punishment. But if you suffer for doing good, and you are patient, then that pleases God.

1 Peter 2:24

Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross. He did this so that we would stop living for sin and live for what is right. By his (Christ’s) wounds you were healed.