Deuteronomy 21:22-23
New King James Version
Miscellaneous Laws
22 “If a man has committed a sin (A)deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, 23 (B)his body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that (C)you do not defile the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance; for (D)he who is hanged is accursed of God.
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Deuteronomy 21:22-23
Authorized (King James) Version
22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to 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 in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
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