Deuteronomy 25:2
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ESV
then if the guilty man deserves to be beaten , the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with a number of stripes in proportion to his offense .
NIV
If the guilty person deserves to be beaten, the judge shall make them lie down and have them flogged in his presence with the number of lashes the crime deserves,
KJV
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 fault, by a certain number.