Deuteronomy 25:2

25:2 Then, if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves.

Deuteronomy 28:15

Curses as Reversal of Blessings

28:15 “But if you ignore the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force:

Deuteronomy 28:36

28:36 The Lord will force you and your king whom you will appoint over you to go away to a people whom you and your ancestors have not known, and you will serve other gods of wood and stone there.

tn Heb “and it will be.”

tn Heb “if the evil one is a son of smiting.”

tn Heb “according to his wickedness, by number.”

tn Heb “do not hear the voice of.”

tn Heb “and overtake you” (so NIV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “and overwhelm you.”

tc The LXX reads the plural “kings.”