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22 “And if a man commits a sin punishable by death,[a] and so he is put to death and you hang him on a tree, 23 his dead body shall not hang on the tree, but certainly you shall bury him on that day, for cursed by God is one that is being hung; so you shall not defile your land[b] that Yahweh your God is giving to you as an inheritance.”

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 21:22 Literally “when shall be against a man a sin of judgment of death”
  2. Deuteronomy 21:23 Or “ground”

Hanging

22 Now if someone is guilty of a capital crime, and they are executed, and you then hang them on a tree, 23 you must not leave the body hanging on the tree but must bury it the same day because God’s curse is on those who are hanged.[a] Furthermore, you must not pollute the ground that the Lord your God is giving to you as an inheritance.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 21:23 LXX, Vulg, Tg Neofiti God’s curse is on those who are hanged; Syr, Tg Onqelos those who curse God are to be hanged; Heb uncertain