Related%20passage for Makkot 45:9

אין מלקין אותו וכו': אמר רב חסדא אמר רבי יוחנן מנין לרצועה שהיא מוכפלת שנאמר והפילו והא מיבעי ליה לגופיה א"כ לכתוב קרא יטיהו מאי הפילו ש"מ תרתי:

We do not flog him etc.: Rav Chisdah said in the name of Rebbi Yochanon, From where do we know that the strap is doubled? That the Torah says "And he shall cast down". But that is needed for itself. [to teach that the sinner should be bent over.]? If so than the Torah should have written "bend over" what does "cast over" mean? Learn from here both things.

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