Deuteronomy 21:23
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23 (A)his body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that (B)you do not defile the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance; for (C)he who is hanged is accursed of God.
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Galatians 3:13
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13 (A)Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, (B)“Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),
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John 19:31
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Jesus’ Side Is Pierced
31 (A)Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, (B)that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a (C)high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
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2 Corinthians 5:21
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21 For (A)He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become (B)the righteousness of God in Him.
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Romans 9:3
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3 For (A)I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my [a]countrymen according to the flesh,
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- Romans 9:3 Or relatives
Leviticus 18:25
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25 For (A)the land is defiled; therefore I (B)visit[a] the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land (C)vomits out its inhabitants.
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- Leviticus 18:25 bring judgment for
Joshua 10:26-27
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26 And afterward Joshua struck [a]them and killed them, and hanged them on five trees; and they (A)were hanging on the trees until evening. 27 So it was at the time of the going down of the sun that Joshua commanded, and they (B)took them down from the trees, cast them into the cave where they had been hidden, and laid large stones against the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.
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- Joshua 10:26 The kings
Joshua 8:29
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29 (A)And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until evening. (B)And as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his corpse down from the tree, cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and (C)raise over it a great heap of stones that remains to this day.
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Numbers 25:4
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4 Then the Lord said to Moses, (A)“Take all the leaders of the people and hang the offenders before the Lord, out in the sun, (B)that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel.”
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1 Corinthians 16:22
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22 If anyone (A)does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, (B)let him be [a]accursed. (C)O[b] Lord, come!
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- 1 Corinthians 16:22 Gr. anathema
- 1 Corinthians 16:22 Aram. Marana tha; possibly Maran atha, Our Lord has come
Numbers 35:33-34
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33 So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood (A)defiles the land, and no [a]atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except (B)by the blood of him who shed it. 34 Therefore (C)do not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell; for (D)I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.’ ”
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- Numbers 35:33 Lit. covering
2 Samuel 21:6
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6 let seven men of his descendants be delivered (A)to us, and we will hang them before the Lord (B)in Gibeah of Saul, (C)whom the Lord chose.”
And the king said, “I will give them.”
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Joshua 7:12
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12 (A)Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because (B)they have become doomed to destruction. Neither will I be with you anymore, unless you destroy the accursed from among you.
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Deuteronomy 7:26
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26 Nor shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be doomed to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest it and utterly abhor it, (A)for it is an [a]accursed thing.
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- Deuteronomy 7:26 devoted or banned
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