Stripes must not exceed forty．

出处：按学科分类—哲学、宗教 复旦大学出版社《圣经典故辞典》第705页（817字）

【释义】：

杖责的规定

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

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.

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.

Deut.25:1-3

人若有争讼，来听审判，审判官就要定义人有理，定恶人有罪。

恶人若该受责打，审判官就要叫他当面伏在地上，按着他的罪照数责打。

只可打他四十下，不可过数；若过数，便是轻贱你的弟兄了。

《申命记》25∶1－3］

。【条目出处】：《圣经·旧约》