Deut.25.3

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.25.3

but not more than forty. If you hit him more than forty times, you will degrade him to something less than human.

Deut.25.3

but he must not give him more than forty lashes. If he is flogged more than that, your brother will be degraded in your eyes.

Deut.25.3

Forty blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with many blows above these, and your brother be humiliated in your sight.