Focused Passage

Deuteronomy 21:22-23

Blood, Honor, and Covenant Order in the Land

From unsolved corporate guilt requiring atonement, through the regulation of vulnerable persons (captive woman, overlooked firstborn, rebellious son, hanged criminal), to the requirement that even judicial death not defile the land — the chapter consistently moves from problem of defilement or disorder toward covenant-ordered resolution.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

22If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,

23you 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.

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References and Original Words

Verse 22

Cross-references

1 Peter 2:24Classic cross-references John 12:32Classic cross-references Acts 26:31Classic cross-references John 19:31Classic cross-references Acts 23:29Classic cross-references

Original words

Ifוְכִֽי־H3588Conjunctiona manבְאִ֗ישׁH376Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singularhas committedיִהְיֶ֣הH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singulara sinחֵ֛טְאH2399Noun - masculine singular constructworthyמִשְׁפַּט־H4941Noun - masculine singular constructof deathמָ֖וֶתH4194Noun - masculine singularand he is executedוְהוּמָ֑תH4191Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularand you hangוְתָלִ֥יתָH8518Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularhis bodyאֹת֖וֹH853Direct object marker | third person masculine singularonעַל־H5921Prepositiona treeעֵֽץ׃H6086Noun - masculine singular

BSB notes

Or impale his body on a pole; similarly in verse 23

Verse 23

Cross-references

Galatians 3:13Classic cross-references John 19:31Classic cross-references 2 Samuel 21:10Classic cross-references Ezekiel 39:12Classic cross-references John 18:32Classic cross-references

Original words

you must not leaveלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlethe bodyנִבְלָת֜וֹH5038Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularonעַל־H5921Prepositionthe treeהָעֵ֗ץH6086Article | Noun - masculine singularovernightתָלִ֨יןH3885Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularbutכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionyou must be sure to buryקָב֤וֹרH6912Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute. . .תִּקְבְּרֶ֙נּוּ֙H6912Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singularhimהַה֔וּאH1931Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singularthat dayבַּיּ֣וֹםH3117Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularbecauseכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionanyone who is hung [on a tree]תָּל֑וּיH8518Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singularis under God’sאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430Noun - masculine pluralcurseקִלְלַ֥תH7045Noun - feminine singular constructYou must notוְלֹ֤אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particledefileתְטַמֵּא֙H2930Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthe landאַדְמָ֣תְךָ֔H127Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularthatאֲשֶׁר֙H834Pronoun - relativethe LORDיְהוָ֣הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularyour Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָH430Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularis givingנֹתֵ֥ןH5414Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularyouלְךָ֖Preposition | second person masculine singularas an inheritanceנַחֲלָֽה׃סH5159Noun - feminine singular

BSB notes

LXX; Hebrew anyone who is hanged is under God’s curse; cited in Galatians 3:13

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