Deuteronomy 25:2
▸ Hear this chapter, lit word by wordAnd it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
— Deuteronomy 25:2, King James Version
In other translations
and it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.
And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.
then it hath come to pass, if the wrong-doer is to be smitten, that the judge hath caused him to fall down, and <FI>one<Fi> hath smitten him in his presence, according to the sufficiency of his wrong-doing, by number;