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Deuteronomy 21:23

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23ahis corpse shall not hang all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him on the same day (because bcursed of God is he who is hanged), so that you cdo not make unclean your land which Yahweh your God gives you as an inheritance.

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Cross references

  1. aJosh 8:29; 10:26, 27; John 19:31
  2. bGal 3:13
  3. cLev 18:25; Num 35:34

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

you must not leave the body hanging on the pole overnight. Be sure to bury it that same day, because anyone who is hung on a pole is under God’s curse. You must not desecrate the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

you are not to leave his corpse on the tree overnight but are to bury him that day, for anyone hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

NLTNew Living Translation

the body must not remain hanging from the tree overnight. You must bury the body that same day, for anyone who is hung is cursed in the sight of God. In this way, you will prevent the defilement of the land the Lord your God is giving you as your special possession.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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 that Yahweh your God is giving to you as an inheritance.”

KJV 1900King 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.