Deuteronomy 21:22-23

New Living Translation

Various Regulations

²² “If someone has committed a crime worthy of death and is executed and hung on a tree,^{[a] 23} the body must not remain hanging from the tree overnight. You must bury the body that same day, for anyone who is hung^[b] is cursed in the sight of God. In this way, you will prevent the defilement of the land the Lord your God is giving you as your special possession.