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A Man Hanged on a Tree Is Cursed

22 “And if a man has committed a sin, (A)the judgment of which is death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, 23 (B)his corpse shall not hang all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him on the same day (because (C)cursed of God is he who is hanged), so that you (D)do not make unclean your land which Yahweh your God gives you as an inheritance.

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Burial of the Executed

22 “If a man is guilty of a capital offense, is executed, and then is impaled on a tree, 23 his body must not remain overnight on the tree. You must bury him that same day, because cursed of God is the one who has been hanged on a tree. Don’t defile your land that the Lord is about to give you as your inheritance.”

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