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Deuteronomy 21:23

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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KJV King James Version

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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

WEB World English Bible

his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God; that you don’t defile your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.

ASV American Standard Version

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 accursed of God; that thou defile not thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

his corpse doth not remain on the tree, for thou dost certainly bury him in that day—for a thing lightly esteemed of God is the hanged one—and thou dost not defile thy ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee—an inheritance.

Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 21

20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son [is] stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; [he is] a glutton, and a drunkard.

21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

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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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.

לֹא־H3808 · lonot תָלִ֨יןH3885 · lunto lodge נִבְלָת֜וֹH5038 · ne.ve.lahcarcass עַל־H5921 · alupon הָעֵ֗ץH6086 · etstree: wood כִּֽי־H3588 · kifor קָב֤וֹרH6912 · qa.varto bury תִּקְבְּרֶ֙נּוּ֙H6912 · qa.varto bury בַּיּ֣וֹםH3117 · yomday הַה֔וּאH1931 · huhe/she/it כִּֽי־H3588 · kifor קִלְלַ֥תH7045 · qe.la.lahcurse אֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGod תָּל֑וּיH8518 · ta.lahto hang וְלֹ֤אH3808 · lonot תְטַמֵּא֙H2930 · ta.meto defile אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אַדְמָ֣תְךָ֔H127 · a.da.mahland: soil אֲשֶׁר֙H834 · a.sherwhich יְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָH430 · e.lo.himGod נֹתֵ֥ןH5414 · na.tanto give: give לְךָ֖H9031 · kayou נַחֲלָֽה׃ סH5159 · na.cha.lahinheritance

Cross-references

Galatians 3:13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that hangeth on a tree:John 19:31The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and [that] they might be taken away.Leviticus 18:25And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.2 Corinthians 5:21For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.Romans 9:3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:Numbers 35:33-34So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye [are]: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.Numbers 25:4And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.Joshua 10:26-27And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.Joshua 8:29And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, [that remaineth] unto this day.Joshua 7:12Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, [but] turned [their] backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.1 Corinthians 16:22If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.Deuteronomy 7:26Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: [but] thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it [is] a cursed thing.2 Samuel 21:6Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, [whom] the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give [them].

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