22 “Now if [a]a person has committed a sin carrying (A)a sentence of death and he is put to death, and you hang him on [b]a tree, 23 (B)his body is not to be left overnight on the [c]tree, but you shall certainly bury him on the same day (for (C)he who is hanged is cursed of God), so that you (D)do not defile your land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 21:22 Lit a sin is in a person carrying
  2. Deuteronomy 21:22 Lit wood
  3. Deuteronomy 21:23 Lit wood

22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree; 23 his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt surely bury him the same day; for he that is hanged is [a]accursed of God; that thou defile not thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 21:23 Hebrew the curse of God.

Various Laws

22 If someone guilty of a capital offense(A) is put to death and their body is exposed on a pole, 23 you must not leave the body hanging on the pole overnight.(B) Be sure to bury(C) it that same day, because anyone who is hung on a pole is under God’s curse.(D) You must not desecrate(E) the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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