21 (A)Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. (B)So you shall purge the evil from your midst, (C)and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

A Man Hanged on a Tree Is Cursed

22 “And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, 23 (D)his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for (E)a hanged man is cursed by God. (F)You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.

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