Quoting%20commentary for Makkot 45:8

מלקין אותו וכו' מנא הני מילי אמר רב כהנא דאמר קרא (דברים כה, ב) והפילו השופט והכהו לפניו כדי רשעתו במספר רשעה אחת מלפניו שתי רשעיות מאחריו:

We flog him etc.: From where do we know these words [that one third are on the front]? Rav Kahana said. That the Torah says, (Duetermony 25,2) "And the judge shall cast him down and flog him in front according to his wickedness in number." One wickedness is on his front, and two wickedness are on his back.

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