Bastinado

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beating, a mode of punishment common in the East. It is referred to by "the rod of correction" (Prov 22:15), "scourging" (Lev 19:20), "chastising" (Deut 22:18). The number of blows could not exceed forty (Deut 25:2, 3).


This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.

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