“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:”
Deuteronomy 21:22 (KJV) |
Deuteronomy 21:22
From Deuteronomy 21, in the Book of Deuteronomy (Old Testament).
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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.
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.
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:
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.