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. Don’t defile your land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Deuteronomy 21:23 in context
Deuteronomy 21:20–23
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They shall tell 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.”
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All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall remove the evil from among you. All Israel shall hear, and fear.
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If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
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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. Don’t defile your land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance.
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