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Deuteronomy 21:21-23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Deuteronomy 21:21-23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 Then all the men of the town shall stone him to death. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.(A)
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22 “When someone is convicted of a crime punishable by death and is executed and you hang him on a tree, 23 his corpse must not remain all night upon the tree; you must bury him that same day, for anyone hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the Lord your God is giving you for possession.(B)
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